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The document provides a brief biography of J.K. Rowling, detailing her early life, education, and the journey to publishing her first novel, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.' It highlights her imaginative nature, struggles with rejections from publishers, and eventual success in becoming a full-time writer. The text also includes sections for comprehension questions and grammar exercises related to the content.

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Jkrowling Readind

The document provides a brief biography of J.K. Rowling, detailing her early life, education, and the journey to publishing her first novel, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.' It highlights her imaginative nature, struggles with rejections from publishers, and eventual success in becoming a full-time writer. The text also includes sections for comprehension questions and grammar exercises related to the content.

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Name : _________________________

Written comprehension + grammar

I) Read the text carefully

Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in 1965. She spent her
childhood near Bristol. She played with two children whose names were Potter, a
name she liked very much. At school, she wasn’t good at sports, but she was very
imaginative and very interested in languages. She wrote her first story when she
was five or six years old. When she was nine years old, she had a school teacher
who terrified her.

After school, she studied French at Exeter University and spent one year in
Paris. In 1992 she went to Portugal to teach English. She had an offer fro She
married a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce and she returned to Britain
with her daughter. Her daughter’s name is Angela because one day she was
climbing the Everest and when she fell off, someone grabbed her hand and saved
her life. That person was a teacher. After that, They settled in Edinburgh. She was
out of work and she spent her time writing. She used to write in the same café
shop and she usually met a teacher with the coolest shirt ever who lived in
Edinburgh too.

The idea of telling the story of a boy who was a wizard came to her in 1990.
She continued working on the story for several years and finished her novel when
she was in Edinburgh. Then, she sent it to many publishers who rejected it. Finally,
In 1996, Bloomsbury Children’s Book bought her novel Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone. It was published in 1997 and immediately became a best-
seller. The first person who bought the book was also a teacher. She was a music
and english teacher.

After this success, writing is now J.K. Rowling’s full time job.
2) Right or wrong ? Justify your answers by quoting the text

3) Grammar:

a) Search for the regular & irregular verbs into the text.

10 Regular verbs 9 Irregular verbs


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