A2 Key (KET)

William Perkin was born in London in 1838. As a child he had many hobbies, including model making and photography. But it was the ........... of chemistry that really interested him. At the age of 15, he went to college.

• class

• course

• subject

While he was there, he was ………….. to make a medicine from coal.

• thinking

• trying

• deciding

This didn't go well, but when he was working on the problem,

he found a cheap ............ to make the colour purple.

• way

• plan

• path

At that …….. it was very expensive to make clothes in different colours.

• day

• time

• hour

Helped by his father and brother, William ………. his own factory to make the colour.

• brought

• turned

• opened

It sold well, and soon purple clothes …… very popular in England

and the rest of the world.

• began

• arrived

• became