IELTS Academic Reading 2 - Passage 1

Which THREE of the following statements are true of Johnson's Dictionary? NB Your answers may be given in any order.

Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer. In 1764 Dr Johnson accepted the contract to produce a dictionary. Having rented a garret, he took on a number of [blank_start]clerks[blank_end] / [blank_start]copying clerks[blank_end], who stood at a long central desk. Johnson did not have a [blank_start]library[blank_end] available to him, but eventually produced definitions of in excess of 40,000 words written down in 80 large notebooks. On publication, the Dictionary was immediately hailed in many European countries as a landmark. According to his biographer, James Boswell, Johnson's principal achievement was to bring [blank_start]stability[blank_end] to the English language. As a reward for his hard work, he was granted a [blank_start]pension[blank_end] by the king.

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the information NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this The growing importance of the middle classes led to an increased demand for dictionaries. [blank_start]TRUE[blank_end] Johnson has become more well known since his death. [blank_start]FALSE[blank_end] Johnson had been planning to write a dictionary for several years. [blank_start]NOT GIVEN[blank_end] Johnson set up an academy to help with the writing of his Dictionary. [blank_start]FALSE[blank_end] Johnson only received payment for his Dictionary on its completion. [blank_start]FALSE[blank_end] Not all of the assistants survived to see the publication of the Dictionary. [blank_start]TRUE[blank_end]