diff --git a/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php b/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php
index 4ed2e888a61..8bf6b42f6da 100644
--- a/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php
+++ b/question/type/ddmarker/lang/en/qtype_ddmarker.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $string['dropzone'] = 'Drop zone {$a}';
 $string['dropzoneheader'] = 'Drop zones';
 $string['editingddmarker'] = 'Editing drag and drop markers';
 $string['followingarewrong'] = 'The following markers have been placed in the wrong area : {$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.';
+$string['followingarewrongandhighlighted'] = 'The following markers were not placed in the correct area : {$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}.';