1. In what century was William Shakespeare bom? 2. What education did Shakespeare get? 3. Where many of his plays were staged? 4. How many plays did Shakespeare write? 5. Name some of Shakespeare's comedies and tragedies. 6. Tell in brief about famous English writers Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, and Somerset Maugham.

1 William Shakespeare was born in the 16th century.

2 He was educated at the local Grammar School.

3 A lot of his plays were staged at The Globe theatre.

4 Shakespeare wrote 37 plays altogether.

5 Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear are Shakespeare's most famous tragedies, but he also wrote comedies, such as The Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor and others.