| Coverage : The GED Practice Test - Language Arts Writing - Sentence Structure has been designed to test the important aspects of Language Arts Writing. This test covers the various elements in framing a correct sentence like sentence fragments, sentence run-ons, comma splices, coordination, modification and parallelism. |
| 1. | "Its easier to answer queries when you know what to expect." What correction is needed? |
| a. | | Replace "to" with "too" |
| b. | | Replace easier with harder |
| c. | | Change know to knew |
| d. | | Begin a new sentence with the word "then" |
| e. | | Replace Its with It's
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| 2. | "Now we're looking for at least ten helpers. The helpers will wrap the gifts."
Which group of words would connect these two sentences? |
| a. | | when gifts will wrap |
| b. | | so that gifts wrap |
| c. | | to wrap the gifts |
| d. | | and they will wrap the gifts |
| e. | | for Gifts wrap them
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| 3. | Correct this fragmented sentence "Graduated in 2000 from the London school of Arts." with… |
| a. | | Replace "Graduated in 2000 with "In 2000, she graduated" |
| b. | | Replace "Graduated in 2000 with "In 2000, graduating" |
| c. | | Change "Graduated in 2000 to "Graduation in 2000" |
| d. | | Begin the sentence with word School |
| e. | | No correction required
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| 4. | Which correction should be made in this sentence "the ankles suffered some damage but the face was damaged the most." |
| a. | | Place a period after damage |
| b. | | Change suffered to suffer |
| c. | | Place a question mark after the word most |
| d. | | Change some to sum |
| e. | | Place a comma after damage
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| 5. | "Many of the men who have accompanied woman sit on the chairs outside of stores, looking and acting cheerful, others enjoy watching the sky or browsing in the apparel stores." |
| a. | | Place a comma after men |
| b. | | Place a comma after benches |
| c. | | Use a semicolon instead of a comma after cheerful |
| d. | | Remove the comma after stores |
| e. | | No correction
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| 6. | "When we showed any sympathy towards him, he ran away, no one could touch him in any manner." |
| a. | | Change showed to show |
| b. | | Place a comma after sympathy |
| c. | | Change no one to not once |
| d. | | Change the comma after disappeared to a semicolon |
| e. | | No correction
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| 7. | "If you love to read fiction novels you are already part of the way toward being a fiction writer." |
| a. | | Change if to though |
| b. | | Replace already with all ready |
| c. | | .Replace of with off |
| d. | | Insert a comma after fiction novels |
| e. | | No change
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| 8. | "During World War II, a special group of soldiers was trained by a psychologist, Dr. Green, which was interested in animal behavior." |
| a. | | Change Dr. to dr. |
| b. | | Replace which with who |
| c. | | Insert a comma after by |
| d. | | Change was trained to were trained |
| e. | | No change
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| 9. | "Please sign up by this Tuesday, we can assign everyone a food coupon." a)Tuesday that we can |
| b. | | Tuesday and we can |
| c. | | Tuesday, we can |
| d. | | Tuesday, we can |
| e. | | Tuesday so we can
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| 10. | Find the correct answer for the underlined words.
Johnny had a passion for fruits; apples, pineapples, oranges and pears |
| a. | | fruits. Apples |
| b. | | fruits-apples, |
| c. | | fruits: apples |
| d. | | fruits: apples, |
| e. | | fruits. apples
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| 11. | Find the correct answer for the underlined words.
If Jim would have come on time he would have been able to see his parents. |
| a. | | came |
| b. | | has come |
| c. | | have come |
| d. | | had come |
| e. | | would have come
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| 12. | Find the correct answer for the underlined words.
The teacher told her student to bring his geometry box to class every day. |
| a. | | student he could bring |
| b. | | student he should bring |
| c. | | student he would bring |
| d. | | student that he should bring |
| e. | | student to bring his
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| 13. | Find the correct answer for the underlined words.
"Why he didn't return the loan on time." Stated Jack, "is beyond me." |
| a. | | time. "Stated |
| b. | | time! "stated |
| c. | | time. " stated |
| d. | | time, " stated |
| e. | | no change
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| 14. | Find the correct answer for the underlined words.
"Take your rain coat," suggested the boy's mother. "It might rain." |
| a. | | mother," it |
| b. | | mother." it |
| c. | | mother. "It |
| d. | | mother?" it |
| e. | | mother,". It
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| 15. | As of today, our company will be instituting, an updated sales incentive scheme.
What correction should be made to this sentence? |
| a. | | Replace instituting with instituted |
| b. | | Insert a comma after company |
| c. | | Change today to now |
| d. | | Change sales to sails |
| e. | | Remove the comma after instituting
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