1. The official name of the British Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
2. The UK is situated on the British Isles.
3. The British Isles consist on two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and about five thousand small islands.
4. The total area of the British Isles is over 244,000 square kilometres.
5. Great Britain is separated from the continent by the English Channel and the North Sea.
6. The UK is made up of four countries. They are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Island.
7. Their capitals are London, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Belfast.
8. Great Britain consists of England, Scotland and Wales.
9. The UK is washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north and the North Sea in the east.
10. The surface of the British Isles varies very much.
11. The highest mountain in the UK is Ben Nevis.
12. The lakes of Scotland are called "lochs".
13. There are a lot of rivers in Great Britain, but they are not long. The largest ones are the Severn, the Clyde, the Mersey, the Thames, the Trent, and the Ouse.
14. London stands on the Thames.
15. The climate of Great Britain is temperate and mild.
16. The population of the UK is over 57 million people.
17. The UK is a highly developed industrial country.
18. The UK is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch. The Head of State is the Queen, but the real power in the country belongs to the British Parliament and the British Government.
19. The British Parliament has two "houses". They are the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Members of the House of Commons are elected, but those of the House of Lords are not.
20. The main political parties in the UK are a labour, conservative and liberal one.
21. People usually call the flag of the UK the Union Jack. It is made up of three crosses: the cross of St. George (patron saint of England), the cross of St. Andrew (patron saint of Scotland), and the cross of St. Patrick (patron saint of Ireland).
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3) When did he write?
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2) When did she get married in 1914?
3) How many stories did she write?
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1) What was his father?
2) Did he have a lot of jobs?
3) What did he write about?