IE Reading_Set 9_3

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage?

In following statements below, choose

YES if the statement agrees with the information

NO if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

Q1. There are understandable reasons why arguments occur about language.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q2. People feel more strongly about language education than about small differences in language usage.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q3. Our assessment of a person’s intelligence is affected by the way he or she uses language.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q4. Prescriptive grammar books cost a lot of money to buy in the 18th century.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q5. Prescriptivism still exists today.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q6. According to descriptivists it is pointless to try to stop language change.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q7. Descriptivism only appeared after the 18th century.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Q8. Both descriptivists and prescriptivists have been misrepresented.

• YES

• NO

• NOT GIVEN

Complete the summary using the list of words, A-I, below.

Write the correct letter, A-I

The language debate

According to Q9. (a)   , there is only one correct form of language.

Linguists who take this approach to language place great importance on grammatical Q10. (a)   .