Put each verb given in brackets into an appropriate tense or form
In 1764 Dr. Johnson accepted the contract .................(1. produce) a dictionary. ................(2. rent) a garret, he took on a number of copying clerks, who ........(3. stand) at a long central desk. Johnson .............(4. not have) a library available to him, but eventually produced definitions of 40,000 words ...........( 5. write) down in 80 large notebooks. On publication, the Dictionary immediately ................(6. hail) in many European countries as a landmark. According to his biographer, James Boswell, Johnson‟s principal achievement was ................(7.bring) stability to the English language: “It .............(8. be) the cornerstone of Standard English, an achievement which ..................(9. confer) stability on the language of his country”. As a reward for his hard work,he ...................(10. grant) a pension by the king.
1. to produce
2. Having rented
3. stood
4. did not have
5. written
6. was hailed
7. to bring
8. is
9. conferred
10. was granted