The passages dealt with subject matters that are familiar and the range of vocabulary was appropriate and within the candidates’ ability to comprehend.
Despite the appropriateness of diction and the familiarity of the subject matter, many candidates lifted their answers mindlessly from the passage. Such candidates revealed not only a lack of understanding of the questions but also an inability to re-state the ideas of the passage briefly in their own words.

In question 7, candidates had difficulty tackling items (d) and (g). Question 7 (d) required a one word answer but many gave their answers in sentences while in question 7 (g), many candidates could not explain the given expression.