IELTS · Part 1 · Cambridge 9 — Test 4
Attitudes to language: Reading answers
Answers to questions 1–13 (13 in all), each with why it is right.
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Answers 1–13
- 1
There are understandable reasons why arguments occur about language.
YES Yes / No / Not Given
- 2
People feel more strongly about language education than about small differences in language usage.
NO Yes / No / Not Given
- 3
Our assessment of a person's intelligence is affected by the way he or she uses language.
YES Yes / No / Not Given
- 4
Prescriptive grammar books cost a lot of money to buy in the 18th century.
NOT GIVEN Yes / No / Not Given
- 5
Prescriptivism still exists today.
YES Yes / No / Not Given
- 6
According to descriptivists it is pointless to try to stop language change.
YES Yes / No / Not Given
- 7
Descriptivism only appeared after the 18th century.
NO Yes / No / Not Given
- 8
Both descriptivists and prescriptivists have been misrepresented.
YES Yes / No / Not Given
- 9
H: prescriptivists Summary completion (word list)
- 10
F: rules Summary completion (word list)
- 11
A: descriptivists Summary completion (word list)
- 12
C: popular speech Summary completion (word list)
- 13
What is the writer's purpose in Reading Passage 1?
B: to present a historical account of differing views of language Multiple choice
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