GED Language Arts Writing Practice Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Title: Yoga
Question: Sentence 12~13: I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. I have been
practicing yoga for only one year.
Which is the most effective combination of sentences 12 and 13? - Correct answers✔✔I am still
relatively new to yoga, which I have been practicing for only one year.
Title: Memorandum
Sentence 9: Your compliance is very important, I will circulate a reminder on Thursday and again
on Friday morning.
Question: Which correction should be made to sentence 9? - Correct answers✔✔Replace
mourning with morning
Title: How to Be an Active Listener
Sentence 13: Paraphrasing what you hear to be sure you are understanding things correctly.
Question: Which correction should be made to sentence 13? - Correct answers✔✔Change
paraphrasing to paraphrase.
Sentence 9: Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee
Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including:
Question: Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 9? - Correct
answers✔✔Day. We
Title: How to Buy a Gift
, Sentence 14: Determine where you can purchase the kind of gift you want within your budget.
Question: The most effective revision to the beginning of sentence 14 would be: - Correct
answers✔✔Third, determine where you can purchase
Sentence 14: The third step is that distractions should be avoided.
Question: Which is the most effective way to write sentence 14? - Correct answers✔✔The third
step is to avoid distractions.
Sentence 1: We by gifts all throughout the year for many different occasions.
Question: Which correction should be made to sentence 1? - Correct answers✔✔Change by to
buy.
Sentence 7: Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. - Correct
answers✔✔Change volunteers to volunteered.
A Gateway Arch
A
1)The skyline of St. Louis, Missouri, is fairly unremarkable, with one huge exception: the
Gateway Arch that stands on the banks of Mississippi. (2) Part of the Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial, the Arch is a remarkable monument builded to honor St. Louis's role as the
gateway to the West.
B (3) Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961. (4) The construction was
completed four years later in 1965. (5) The monument includes an underground visitor center
that explores westward expansion threw galleries and a theater. (6) Two passenger trams take
visitors to the Observation Room and the Museum of Westward Expansion at the top.
C(7) In 1947, a group of interested citizens held a nationwide competition to select a design for a
new monument that will celebrate the growth of the Unites States. (8) Other winning design Eero
Saarinen later became a famous architect. (11) In designing the - Correct answers✔✔Move
paragraph C to follow paragraph A.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Title: Yoga
Question: Sentence 12~13: I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. I have been
practicing yoga for only one year.
Which is the most effective combination of sentences 12 and 13? - Correct answers✔✔I am still
relatively new to yoga, which I have been practicing for only one year.
Title: Memorandum
Sentence 9: Your compliance is very important, I will circulate a reminder on Thursday and again
on Friday morning.
Question: Which correction should be made to sentence 9? - Correct answers✔✔Replace
mourning with morning
Title: How to Be an Active Listener
Sentence 13: Paraphrasing what you hear to be sure you are understanding things correctly.
Question: Which correction should be made to sentence 13? - Correct answers✔✔Change
paraphrasing to paraphrase.
Sentence 9: Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee
Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including:
Question: Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 9? - Correct
answers✔✔Day. We
Title: How to Buy a Gift
, Sentence 14: Determine where you can purchase the kind of gift you want within your budget.
Question: The most effective revision to the beginning of sentence 14 would be: - Correct
answers✔✔Third, determine where you can purchase
Sentence 14: The third step is that distractions should be avoided.
Question: Which is the most effective way to write sentence 14? - Correct answers✔✔The third
step is to avoid distractions.
Sentence 1: We by gifts all throughout the year for many different occasions.
Question: Which correction should be made to sentence 1? - Correct answers✔✔Change by to
buy.
Sentence 7: Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. - Correct
answers✔✔Change volunteers to volunteered.
A Gateway Arch
A
1)The skyline of St. Louis, Missouri, is fairly unremarkable, with one huge exception: the
Gateway Arch that stands on the banks of Mississippi. (2) Part of the Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial, the Arch is a remarkable monument builded to honor St. Louis's role as the
gateway to the West.
B (3) Construction on the 630-foot-high structure began in 1961. (4) The construction was
completed four years later in 1965. (5) The monument includes an underground visitor center
that explores westward expansion threw galleries and a theater. (6) Two passenger trams take
visitors to the Observation Room and the Museum of Westward Expansion at the top.
C(7) In 1947, a group of interested citizens held a nationwide competition to select a design for a
new monument that will celebrate the growth of the Unites States. (8) Other winning design Eero
Saarinen later became a famous architect. (11) In designing the - Correct answers✔✔Move
paragraph C to follow paragraph A.
