July 2011 series – Examiner’s report
7465-223 Award in Proof-reading
Fail
26%
Pass
74%
The pass mark range for this examination is 70-75%. However, as each examination paper
is unique there can be slight variations of difficulty from series to series – which means that
students are required to gain either more or fewer raw marks to compensate and to gain a
pass.
Areas of good performance
Presentation & consistency:
This section was on the whole well answered. All found the indented paragraph and more
candidates found the error of “are/is”.
Areas for improvement
Spelling:
The spellings candidates often missed were:
perspective/prospective
vein/vain
qualifcations/qualifications
given/giving
inclosing/enclosing
passtimes/pastimes
Punctuation:
Apostrophes still cause problems.
concept of apostrophes.
insures/ensures
you/your
It is evident that candidates do not understand the
Very few candidates correctly identified “solicitor’s” and no one found the comma after
“however”. Not all candidates picked up the semi-colon which should have been a comma.
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Presentation & consistency:
Several candidates missed the unjustified paragraph and not all found the error of
agreement “is/are”.
Recommendations
• Please remind candidates that dictionaries can be used in the examination
• More practice needed on apostrophes and hyphens.
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