Reading Some basic facts \( \begin{array}{ll}\text { - WB } 2 / 2 \\ \text { Match the sentence halves about the British Isles. } \\ \begin{array}{ll}\text { 1. Ireland and Great Britain are both } & \text { a) flag doesn't appear in the Union Jack. } \\ \begin{array}{ll}\text { 2. But the British Isles do not form one single state. } & \text { b) the UK or Ireland. It's a Crown Dependency and } \\ \text { belongs to the British monarch. } \\ \text { 3. The flag of the United King dom is called the } & \text { c) islands. Together, they form the British Isles. } \\ \text { 'Union Jack' First shown in 1801, it combined } & \text { d) countries within the UK. } \\ \begin{array}{ll}\text { 4. Wales is part of the United Kingdom, but its } & \text { e) Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. } \\ \text { 5. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England } & \text { f) two states: The Republic of Ireland is one, } \\ \text { are more than regions in the UK; they are } & \begin{array}{l}\text { and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and }\end{array} \\ \text { 6. The tiny Isle of Man is part of the British Isles, } & \text { Northern Ireland is the other. } \\ \text { but it isn't part of } & \text { g) the flags of England and Scotland with the flag } \\ \text { 7. Two countries share the island of Ireland: } & \text { of Ireland when Ireland still belonged to Britain. }\end{array}\end{array} .\end{array} .\end{array} \).