GED Language Arts - Writing (Essay Writing Exam) Sample Questions:

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Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

A) look forward to have seen
B) look forward to see
C) is looking forward
D) look forward to seeing
E) looking forward for seeing

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Sentence 6:When approaching a red light or stop sign, now slowing down sooner.
Which correction should be made to sentence 6?

A) replace When with You are
B) insert a comma after light
C) remove the comma after sign
D) replace now with begin
E) change sooner to soon

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-- Exhibit -Sentence 17:A more specific timetable is available after the meetings. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the
best way, choose optionA.

A) will be available
B) is available
C) available
D) has been available
E) was available

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Ethnic Architecture
(A)

A) insert a comma after question
B) change sound to sounds
C) Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why houses are shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to build a house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.
(B)
D) insert a comma after wondered
E) Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someone had to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of many southern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over the world.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6) Long ago, home builders responded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade of a porch a common feature of houses in such places as West Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean area.
(C)
(7)
For instance, French settlers in New Orleans tried to put the frames of their homes directly on the ground as they had done in France; however, the heat, humidity, and abundant rainfall caused the homes to rot within a few years.(8) The settlers learned a lesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doors and windows to keep cool.
(D)
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Some settlers, like those from Germany, held on to their old building methods even though such methods were no longer necessary.(10) Because of a shortage of wood in some parts of Germany, builders had constructed half-timber houses; they used clay or brick to save wood.(11) When German immigrants settled in Wisconsin where wood was abundant, they still built their familiar half-timber homes.(12) European peasants and their
animals once shared a shelter called a "house-barn," which allowed immediate care for the animals during harsh whether.(13) Today's covered breezeways serve a related purpose of protecting people who need to go to their"car barns,"or garages.
(E)
(14)
No matter which country settlers started from, they brought home-building traditions.(15) Some they changed to adapt to their new land, some they abandoned,and some their descendants still use today. -- Exhibit -Sentence Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why houses are shaped the way they are? Which correction should be made to sentence 1?
F) change Have to Has
G) change they are to they is

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Sentence Quick, convenient, reliable delivery service in the Louisville metropolitan area is know a reality!
Which correction should be made to sentence 1?

A) replace know with now
B) replace convenient with convenience
C) change service to services
D) change is to are
E) no correction is necessary

Solutions: