diff --git a/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php b/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php
index abcd11ce583..4ed2e888a61 100644
--- a/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php
+++ b/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ $string['draggableword'] = 'Draggable text';
 $string['dropzone'] = 'Drop zone {$a}';
 $string['dropzoneheader'] = 'Drop zones';
 $string['editingddmarker'] = 'Editing drag and drop markers';
-$string['followingarewrong'] = 'The following markers have been dragged to the wrong position : {$a}.';
-$string['followingarewrongandhighlighted'] = 'The following markers need to be dragged to the correct drop zone : {$a}.  The drop zones they should have been dragged to are shown above.<br />Click on the markers above to see the drop zones they should have been dropped in highlighted.';
+$string['followingarewrong'] = 'The following markers have been placed in the wrong area : {$a}.';
+$string['followingarewrongandhighlighted'] = 'The following markers need to be placed in the correct area : {$a}.  The areas they should have been placed in are shown above.<br />Click on the markers above to see the areas they should have been placed in highlighted.';
 $string['formerror_nobgimage'] = 'You need to select an image to use as the background for the drag and drop area.';
 $string['formerror_noitemselected'] = 'You have specified a drop zone but not chosen a marker that must be dragged to the zone';
 $string['formerror_nosemicolons'] = 'There are no semicolons in your coordinates string. Your coordinates for a {$a->shape} should be expressed as - {$a->coordsstring}.';
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ $string['marker'] = 'Marker';
 $string['marker_n'] = 'Marker {no}';
 $string['markers'] = 'Markers';
 $string['nolabel'] = 'No label text';
-$string['pleasedragatleastonemarker'] = 'Your answer is not complete, please drag at least one marker onto the image.';
+$string['pleasedragatleastonemarker'] = 'Your answer is not complete, you must place at least one marker on the image.';
 $string['previewarea'] = 'Preview area -';
 $string['previewareaheader'] = 'Preview';
 $string['previewareamessage'] = 'Select a background image file, enter text labels for markers and define the drop zones on the background image to which they must be dragged.';