Reading passage 1

The first synthetic dye
Traditional dyes:

made from plants, or animals e.g. 1 ………….

purple dye was hard to obtain and extremely 2 ………..

William Perkin:

found an old 3 ………. in grandfather’s house and decided to study chemistry

1856: was trying to find a way to make the drug called 4 ……….

created a purple solution from aniline, a by-product of the 5 ……… industry

1857: began manufacturing dye in his 6 ……… near London

1859: called his dye 7 ……….

Questions 8 – 13
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?
In boxes 8 - 13, write


TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this


8 Hofmann noticed that Perkin had a talent for chemistry.
9 Hofmann asked Perkin to do some experiments at home during the holidays.
10 Perkin faced challenges obtaining the raw material needed to produce his dye.