... and Essay Writing Guides for information on building writing skills for
the GED Language Arts, Writing Test Part 2.
Resources
GED Illinois – Guide to GED 2002
http://www.gedillinois.org/staffinfo/teachresources/start .pdf
...
http://litlink.ket.org/tips/locator_tests.aspl
Commercial GED products
GED Connection Fast Track Workbook
GED Pretests: Writing...
... 107.
CHAPTER
GED Language
Arts, Writing
Practice
Questions
ARE YOU ready for the GED? The practice questions in this chap-
ter will show you how much you know and what you might still need
to study. ... corrected.
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ow it’s time to put all that you have learned into practice. In the following section, you will find
six p...
... the practice questions that follow.
The GED Language Arts, Writing Test in a Nutshell
The GED Language Arts, Writing Test consists of two parts. Part I (75 minutes) will ask you 50 questions about
sentence ... words.
CHAPTER
Writing an
Effective Essay
PART II of the GED Language Arts, Writing Test has only one ques-
tion—an essay prompt. But this test is just...
... the Lan-
guage Arts, Writing GED.
Questions in Context
Unlike many other standardized English exams, the
questions on Part I of the GED Language Arts, Writing
Exam do not test writing knowledge ... minutes, you
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CHAPTER
5
About the GED
Language Arts,
Writing Exam
TO PREPARE effectively for the Language Arts, Writing Exam, you
need to know exactly what the test i...
... clear.
Since the GED Writing Test was revised in 2002, the only spelling that is tested is homonyms, possessives, and con-
tractions. Correct use of punctuation will be tested, but comma questions will ... are arranged by
rank instead of time. What’s most important comes first
or last, depending upon the writer’s purpose.
Organizing ideas from most important to least
important puts...
... the GED
is prepositional idioms: the specific word/preposition
combinations that we use in the English language, such
as take care o
f
and according t
o
. The following is a list of
some of the most ... –est to the modifier or
2. place the word most or least before the modifier.
Again, as a general rule, add –est to short modifiers
(one or two syllables). Use most or least with modifiers...
... may include a first -language assessment;
an ESL/ELD assessment, guided by the descriptions of skills at the four stages of second -language
acquisition provided in Part 2 of this guide; and a mathematics ... reading and writing skills to explore concepts in greater depth, even though
their proficiency in language specific to academic program areas is still developing.
Detailed descriptio...
... autobiography/memoir)
CHAPTER
About the GED
Language Arts,
Reading Exam
IN THIS chapter, you will learn all about the GED Language Arts,
Reading Test, including what kind of questions and reading passages
to ... documents).
Test Statistics
➧
65 minutes
➧
40 questions
➧
7–9 reading passages
➧
4–6 questions per passage
➧
5–7 literary passages
➧
2–3 nonfiction (functional) texts...
... the test. Read this chapter carefully, and then review your notes from the whole Lan-
guage Arts, Reading section. When you are ready, move on to the practice questions that follow.
The GED Language ... the
Language Arts,
Reading Exam
YOU HAVE reviewed a lot of material to prepare for the GED Lan-
guage Arts, Reading Test. Now here are some specific tips and strate-
gies for han...