GED LANGUAGE ARTS WRITING ACTUAL
CERTIFICATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● subject. Answer: the noun in a sentence- a person, place, thing or idea
that the sentence is talking about
● verb. Answer: tells the action that the subject is doing
● independent clause. Answer: has a subject and a verb and expresses a
complete thought; also called a simple sentence; can stand on its own
● compound sentence. Answer: using a coordinating conjunction that
relates to the ideas to join two or more independent clauses with a
comma placed before the coordinating conjunction
● coordinating conjunction. Answer: used to join independent clauses;
remember FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
● complex sentence. Answer: made up of an independent clause and a
subordinating clause (has a subject and a verb, but does not express a
complete thought) combined with a subordinating conjunction that
shows a relationship between the two clauses with a comma after the
subordinate clause
, ● subordinating conjunction. Answer: shows the relationship between
the subordinate and independent clauses; because, in order that, so that,
after, as, before, once, since, until, when, whenever, while, where,
wherever, if, whether, although, even though, though
● run-on sentence. Answer: two or more sentences that are connected
without correct punctuation
● comma splices. Answer: two sentences are joined with only a comma
● predicate. Answer: includes the verb plus anything else that is not part
of the subject and tells something about the subject
● modifiers. Answer: words and phrases used to add descriptive details;
they make writing clearer, more specific and interesting
● parallel structure. Answer: elements in a list within a sentence must
be in the same grammatical form (ie. Walking, running and swimming
are great exercise. instead of- To walk, to run and swimming are great
exercise.)
● paragraph. Answer: a group of sentences that relate to one main idea
CERTIFICATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● subject. Answer: the noun in a sentence- a person, place, thing or idea
that the sentence is talking about
● verb. Answer: tells the action that the subject is doing
● independent clause. Answer: has a subject and a verb and expresses a
complete thought; also called a simple sentence; can stand on its own
● compound sentence. Answer: using a coordinating conjunction that
relates to the ideas to join two or more independent clauses with a
comma placed before the coordinating conjunction
● coordinating conjunction. Answer: used to join independent clauses;
remember FANBOYS- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
● complex sentence. Answer: made up of an independent clause and a
subordinating clause (has a subject and a verb, but does not express a
complete thought) combined with a subordinating conjunction that
shows a relationship between the two clauses with a comma after the
subordinate clause
, ● subordinating conjunction. Answer: shows the relationship between
the subordinate and independent clauses; because, in order that, so that,
after, as, before, once, since, until, when, whenever, while, where,
wherever, if, whether, although, even though, though
● run-on sentence. Answer: two or more sentences that are connected
without correct punctuation
● comma splices. Answer: two sentences are joined with only a comma
● predicate. Answer: includes the verb plus anything else that is not part
of the subject and tells something about the subject
● modifiers. Answer: words and phrases used to add descriptive details;
they make writing clearer, more specific and interesting
● parallel structure. Answer: elements in a list within a sentence must
be in the same grammatical form (ie. Walking, running and swimming
are great exercise. instead of- To walk, to run and swimming are great
exercise.)
● paragraph. Answer: a group of sentences that relate to one main idea
