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1 to 2 correct   4%
3 to 4 correct   8%
5 to 6 correct   25%
7 to 8 correct   33%
9 to 10 correct   31%

11 year olds should get 9 or 10/10 in this test of basic skills.
Could your friends do as well as you? Why not invite them to take the test?
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Supported by the Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce

Better Writing: Better Business


Do you have confidence in your basic skills? As many as 1 in 3 adults admit inadequacies in their own basic numeracy and literacy abilities.

Within the workplace it is estimated that poor writing skills could be costing £2billion a year in lost contracts.

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So how confident are you of your literacy skills?

Take the basic liteacy test below, (originally designed for 11 year olds) to see how good your writing skills are.

 


Test Your Basic Literacy

Read each sentence below and try to identify the grammatical mistakes in each (if any). If you spot a mistake choose the correct replacement from the list of options in the drop down list to the side.

1. There is an underground maze beneath Liverpool's Edge hill area.
2. My brother and i have been offered jobs in the same city.
3. Your going to have a great time at the show.
4. The discount items listed on our invoice.
5. A business womans committee was formed to address the issue.
6. Her parents had paid her university fees.
7. Do you know who's coming with us?
8. Both of them swum faster than their previous best times.
9. This is rugby at it's best.
10. There are two distinct advantages; price and durability.

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