title say How good are your literacy and numeracy skills?

description under title say Read the questions below and check your answers by scratching off the silver bubbles.

text above the graph say Public sector employment increased by 4,000 in the third quarter of 2006 to stand at 5.855 million. Compared with the same quarter the previous year, there was a decrease of 5,000.

graph showing Central government employment decreased by 2,000, Local government employment increased by 9,000, Public corporations employment decreased by 3,000.

text next to the graph say UK Public sector employment growth by sector classification: Q2 - Q3 2006. Head count is seasonally adjusted.

question one - According to the graph, which of the following statements are true?

answer a - Central government employment increased by 2,000 = wrong answer

answer b - Local government increased by 10,000. = wrong answer

answer c - Employment in public corporations fell by 3,000. = right answer

answer d - Employment in public corporations fell by 300. = wrong answer

question two - Public sector employment in the third quarter of 2005 stood at:

answer a - 6.355 million = wrong answer

answer b - 5.905 million = wrong answer

answer c - 5.86 million = right answer

answer d - 10.855 million = wrong answer

text under question say Government Skills the Sector Skills Council for central government, has been created to focus on the skills needed to improve delivery in central government.

question three In the paragraph above:

answer a - There should be a comma after Government Skills. = right answer

answer b - There should be an apostrophe in ‘skills needed’. = wrong

answer c - There should be an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence.

answer d - The paragraph is punctuated correctly.

a logo of government skills (skills for life)