THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN (Part 2)

Two countries are located on the British Isles. They are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) and the Republic of Ireland. The UK consists of four countries which are England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.

Everyone who was born in Britain is British. People from England are English. People from Scotland are Scottish or Scots. People from Wales are Welsh and people from Northern Ireland are Irish.

More than 67 million people live in Britain. Many of them live in big industrial cities like London, Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool. Everyone in Britain speaks English. In some parts of Scotland and Wales people speak different languages as well.