| Coverage : The GED Practice Test - Language Arts Writing - Corrections Practice has been designed to test the important aspects of Language Arts Writing. This test covers various elements of proofreading like making grammatical corrections, proper word usage and so forth in an incorrect sentence.
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| 1. | We are going to play soccer outside today. Unless it rains? |
| a. | | today;unless |
| b. | | today, unless |
| c. | | twoday, unless |
| d. | | today: unless |
| e. | | answer is correct
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| 2. | Hours of travel laid ahead of us. |
| a. | | laid |
| b. | | have lain |
| c. | | lay |
| d. | | has lay |
| e. | | lade
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| 3. | We spent Sunday morning wandering aimless in the sea side. |
| a. | | wandering aimless |
| b. | | wandering aimlessly |
| c. | | wandering without purpose |
| d. | | wandering in an aimless manner |
| e. | | wandering almost aimlessly
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| 4. | Only after I went home did I remember my job appointment. |
| a. | | went home |
| b. | | had went home |
| c. | | had gone home |
| d. | | gone home |
| e. | | should go home
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| 5. | The book lay open at chapter 7. |
| a. | | lay open |
| b. | | laid open |
| c. | | lied open |
| d. | | lain open |
| e. | | was laid open
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| 6. | By this time next year Mark will begin classes at the University of Michigan. |
| a. | | will begin classes |
| b. | | will have begun classes |
| c. | | has began classes |
| d. | | should begin classes |
| e. | | should have begun classes
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| 7. | After comparing my food processor with the one on sale, I decided that mine was the most efficient. |
| a. | | was the most efficient |
| b. | | should be the most efficient |
| c. | | was the more efficient |
| d. | | was, by far the most efficient |
| e. | | should be considered the most efficient.
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| 8. | I wish I read the book before I tried to answer the questions. |
| a. | | read the book |
| b. | | would read the book |
| c. | | should of read the book |
| d. | | could have read the book |
| e. | | had read the book
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| 9. | The smell from the distillery laid over the town, like a blanket. |
| a. | | laid |
| b. | | has laid |
| c. | | will lie |
| d. | | lay |
| e. | | has laid
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| 10. | This holy book has been read with enjoyment for nearly two hundred years. |
| a. | | has been read |
| b. | | will have been read |
| c. | | shall have been read |
| d. | | is being read |
| e. | | was read
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| 11. | Many nineteenth-century historians rely on their imagination, not on real facts. |
| a. | | rely on their imagination, |
| b. | | relied on their imagination, |
| c. | | have relied on their imagination |
| d. | | could have relied on their imagination, |
| e. | | could rely on their imaginations:
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| 12. | That huge man chose a seat near the window and carefully sat down. |
| a. | | did sit |
| b. | | had sit |
| c. | | set |
| d. | | sat |
| e. | | will sit
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| 13. | The private lives of film, sports, and TV stars fascinates the reading public. |
| a. | | fascinates the reading |
| b. | | will fascinate the reading |
| c. | | gets fascinated with the reading |
| d. | | fascinate the reading |
| e. | | can fascinate the reading
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| 14. | In class room I sit besides James Paul, who is captain of the soccer team and one of the best players of the country. |
| a. | | sitted beside |
| b. | | seat besides |
| c. | | sat beside |
| d. | | sit beside |
| e. | | was sitting
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