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Bye bye Belgium?
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Bye bye Belgium?
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
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Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
1. Many people in Flanders want Belgium to break up because…
2. Some people believe that the main problem is that…
3. Other people say that the problems…
4. For 156 days Belgium…
5. For 177 years Belgium…
6. Many people believe Belgium…
a. … will break up soon.
b. … are the fault of the politicians.
c. … has been a federal kingdom.
d. … French-speakers do not want to speak Dutch.
e. … they believe an independent Flanders would be one of the richer small countries in Europe.
f. … has had no government.
decide what they can do together would be 
a good idea,” he says. Unfortunately, says 
Piqué, for the Walloons and for Brussels, “a 
confederation like that would be very, very 
difficult. In a federal state, with co-operation 
and solidarity, everything is possible. In a 
confederation, where there’s no real central 
government, everything becomes much more 
problematic.” 
© Guardian News & Media 2007
First published in The Guardian, 13/11/07
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Bye bye Belgium?
Level 1
Elementary
Vocabulary 2: Word building
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Complete the table. All the answers are in the text.
Fill the gaps in these phrases from the text using prepositions.
1. the end _______ the world 
5. mean nothing _______ most of us
2. _______ ten years’ time
6. not good _______ us
3. the fault _______ the politicians
7. the French part _______ Belgium
4. argue _______ things
8. full _______ children