Belgian food facts

"Faits sur la gastronomie belge"
French B1 writing exercise

Discover some interesting food-related facts about Belgium.

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Some vocabulary you may want to look up before or during this exercise: "to feel like [doing]", "to share", "nice (food/drink)", "Belgian/Belgium", "to brew a beer", "a type of", "a litre", "per person/year/inhabitant", "contrary to", "fries", "Switzerland", "a sales outlet", "for the road", "a developed country", "lowest proportion of".

Written by Qualified French Expert Aurélie Drouard HKH, Licence d'anglais LLCE
Last updated: 2023-01-05

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How the test works
You’ll practise: Le Présent (Indicatif), Adjectif, Genre

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This week, I discovered some interesting facts about Belgium that I felt like sharing with you! Everyone likes a nice Belgian beer, but did you know that Belgians brew close to 800 types of beer? They also drink a lot of it, about 100 litres per person per year! And contrary to what people might think, fries come from Belgium, which is also the country of chocolate (along with Switzerland, of course!). Brussels's airport is in fact the biggest chocolate sales outlet in the world. And one last fact for the road: out of all the developed countries, Belgium has the lowest proportion of McDonald's per inhabitant.

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