Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in Reading Passage 1?

YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer

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

1 There are understandable reasons why arguments occur about language.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

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

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

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

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

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

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

5 Prescriptivism still exists today.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

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

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

7 Descriptivism only appeared after the 18th century.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

8 Both descriptivists and prescriptivists have been misrepresented.

AYES

BNO

CNOT GIVEN

Attitudes to language