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Check
your skills - set A
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Question 1:
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What is the best subheading for this paragraph from a company report?
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Content:
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Graphic: (Part of a report with company logo)
The previous year’s targets for November were
achieved after a disappointing start to the year. New targets are due to
be set at the beginning of January. Employees should be made aware of
these targets during departmental meetings in late January.
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Answer:
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C.
Targets
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Question 2:
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What is the best summary
of the information in this paragraph?
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Content:
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Graphic: (Part of a report with company logo)
The previous year’s targets for November were
achieved after a disappointing start to the year. New targets are due to
be set at the beginning of January. Employees should be made aware of
these targets during departmental meetings in late January.
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Answer:
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A. Last
year’s targets have been achieved and new ones are to be set and
employees informed.
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Question 3:
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What is the best subheading to summarise this information?
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Content:
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Graphic: Part of a report in an official looking
newsletter for employees
The company is hoping to increase the number of
managerial employees by 10% in the New Year. Internal promotions arising
from this increase will be advertised via the monthly newsletter. It is
proposed that interviews for these positions will occur in February 2004.
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Answer:
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Internal managerial promotions
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Question 4:
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This
information was summarised as: ‘Managerial employees will be increasing
by February 2004.’ Is this an accurate summary
of all the information in this paragraph?
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Content:
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Graphic: (Part of a report in an official looking
newsletter for employees)
The company is hoping to increase the number of
managerial employees by 10% in the New Year. Internal promotions arising
from this increase will be advertised via the monthly newsletter. It is
proposed that interviews for these positions will occur in February 2004.
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Answer:
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No
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Check
your skills - set B
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Question 1:
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What is the best subheading
for this paragraph from a company report?
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Content:
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Graphic: (Part of a report with company logo)
Due to recent security alerts in the area, the
company has decided to take measures to update some security systems in
the building. Employees will be given identity cards for security of
access to the building’s main entrance. Our aim is to assess present
systems for security in the building in order to take advice on how they
might be improved.
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Answer:
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B. Security
in the building
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Question 2:
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What is the best summary of the information in this paragraph?
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Content:
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Answer:
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D. Due to security alerts, security
in the building will be updated or improved and employees will use
identity cards for access.
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Question 3:
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What is the best subheading to summarise this information?
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Content:
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Graphic: (Part of a report in an official looking
newsletter for employees)
Employees are asked to check windows are secured
properly as there have been occasions when they have been left unlocked.
Likewise, external doors are to be kept locked during lunch hours and
double-bolted at night.
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Answer:
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Locking doors and windows
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Question 4:
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This
information was summarised as: ‘Employees should check windows are
locked and keep doors locked at lunchtime and bolted at night.’ Is this
an accurate summary of all the information in
this paragraph?
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Content:
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Graphic: (Part of a report in an official looking
newsletter for employees)
Employees are asked to check windows are secured
properly as there have been occasions when they have been left unlocked.
Likewise, external doors are to be kept locked during lunch hours and
double-bolted at night.
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Answer:
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Yes
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Learn
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Screen 4:
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Type your summary of this paragraph of the report into the
box, keeping it under 15 words.
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Content:
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Graphic: A different extract from the report on k_r_11_01. this is not marked – pop up
appears with model answer in.
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Answer:
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(To appear in pop-up
–this is not marked) - You may
have written something like this:
Southeast results delayed. Chris Sherman to report
back next meeting.
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Screen 6:
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Click on the first
word of the topic sentence in this paragraph.
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Content:
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Graphic: words of each sentence live to highlight
when clicked on (or preferably whole sentences highlight when the first
word is clicked on).
The previous year’s targets for November were not
quite achieved due to a disappointing start to the year. New targets to
be achieved will be decided at the beginning of January. Employees should
be made aware of these targets during departmental meetings in late
January so that they can make an action plan to meet the targets. Annual
targets need to be continually achieved if the business is to continue.
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Answer:
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The previous year’s targets for November were not
quite achieved due to a disappointing start to the year. New targets to
be achieved will be decided at the beginning of January. Employees should
be made aware of these targets during departmental meetings in late
January so that they can make an action plan to meet the targets. Annual targets need to be continually achieved if the business
is to continue.
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Screen 11:
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Here is a paragraph
from a report. Type the two words that you would use into the boxes to
complete the summary
of the report accurately.
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Content:
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Graphic: Boxes for free text entry need to take one
word each of up to about 10 letters space out on screen nicely.
Spending
Consumer spending has on non-essential
items and on
essential items.
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Answer:
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(To appear in pop-up for
comparison – please note there is no right and wrong answer as such so it
is not scored.)
You may have written
something like this:
Consumer spending has risen on non-essential items and fallen on essential items.
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