GED LANGUAGE ARTS WRITING EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| UPDATED
Active verb is an ANSWER verb that shows an action performed by the subject of
the sentence.
Adjective - Answer A part of speech used to describe a noun or pronoun.
Agreement - ANSWER Parts of sentences that are same in gender, number, and
person
Antecedent - Answer. Noun substituted with a pronoun
Antonym - ANSWER two words that communicate conflicting ideas
Apposition - ANSWER A grammatical relationship between a word and a noun
phrase that comes after EX. My puppy, Scout
Auxiliary verb - ANSWER joins with another verb to help produce tense (to have,
be, do, will, shall, would, should, can, may, might, could).
Case: ANSWER Form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its relationship to the
other words in the sentence
In the nominative case, a pronoun is employed in the subject or predicate noun of a
sentence.
,Possessive case: ANSWER a noun or pronoun used to show possession.
Objective case - ANSWER When a noun or pronoun is used as the direct, indirect,
or object of a preposition.
Clause - Answer an expression that includes a subject and a predicate but does not
constitute a complete sentence.
An independent clause is a clause in a complicated sentence that can stand alone as
a complete sentence.
A dependent clause is a clause in a complex statement that cannot stand on its own.
Comparison: ANSWER Change of form in adjectives and adverbs to shoe in
amount quantity, such as good, better, or best
Superlative - Answer Refers to the greater degree of quality or quantity of one item
or person in comparison to two or more others, the largest of the three.
A complex sentence consists of at least one dependent clause and one independent
clause.
A compound-complex sentence consists of two or more independent clauses and
one or more dependent clauses.
Compound predicate: ANSWER Two or more predicates are normally connected
by and, or.
Compound sentence: ANSWER two or more separate clauses.
, Compound subject - ANSWER two or more subjects connected together, generally
by "and" or "or" and sharing a common verb
Conjunction - ANSWER. A part of speech that joins words, phrases, or sentences
CONSONANT - ANSWER A non-vowel letter in the alphabet
Dash - Answer Punctuation mark indicating a stop or break in a sentence.
The direct object is the object that receives the verb's direct action.
Direct quoting - ANSWER Use the speaker's precise words.
First-person ANSWER pronouns and verbs that refer to the person or persons
speaking.
Future tense is a verb form that expresses future acts or conditions.
Gender - Answer Classification of nouns and pronouns into three categories:
masculine, feminine, and neuter
Glossary - ANSWER a list of difficult terms and their definitions found in a book.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| UPDATED
Active verb is an ANSWER verb that shows an action performed by the subject of
the sentence.
Adjective - Answer A part of speech used to describe a noun or pronoun.
Agreement - ANSWER Parts of sentences that are same in gender, number, and
person
Antecedent - Answer. Noun substituted with a pronoun
Antonym - ANSWER two words that communicate conflicting ideas
Apposition - ANSWER A grammatical relationship between a word and a noun
phrase that comes after EX. My puppy, Scout
Auxiliary verb - ANSWER joins with another verb to help produce tense (to have,
be, do, will, shall, would, should, can, may, might, could).
Case: ANSWER Form of a noun or pronoun that indicates its relationship to the
other words in the sentence
In the nominative case, a pronoun is employed in the subject or predicate noun of a
sentence.
,Possessive case: ANSWER a noun or pronoun used to show possession.
Objective case - ANSWER When a noun or pronoun is used as the direct, indirect,
or object of a preposition.
Clause - Answer an expression that includes a subject and a predicate but does not
constitute a complete sentence.
An independent clause is a clause in a complicated sentence that can stand alone as
a complete sentence.
A dependent clause is a clause in a complex statement that cannot stand on its own.
Comparison: ANSWER Change of form in adjectives and adverbs to shoe in
amount quantity, such as good, better, or best
Superlative - Answer Refers to the greater degree of quality or quantity of one item
or person in comparison to two or more others, the largest of the three.
A complex sentence consists of at least one dependent clause and one independent
clause.
A compound-complex sentence consists of two or more independent clauses and
one or more dependent clauses.
Compound predicate: ANSWER Two or more predicates are normally connected
by and, or.
Compound sentence: ANSWER two or more separate clauses.
, Compound subject - ANSWER two or more subjects connected together, generally
by "and" or "or" and sharing a common verb
Conjunction - ANSWER. A part of speech that joins words, phrases, or sentences
CONSONANT - ANSWER A non-vowel letter in the alphabet
Dash - Answer Punctuation mark indicating a stop or break in a sentence.
The direct object is the object that receives the verb's direct action.
Direct quoting - ANSWER Use the speaker's precise words.
First-person ANSWER pronouns and verbs that refer to the person or persons
speaking.
Future tense is a verb form that expresses future acts or conditions.
Gender - Answer Classification of nouns and pronouns into three categories:
masculine, feminine, and neuter
Glossary - ANSWER a list of difficult terms and their definitions found in a book.
