GED-Writing Sample Questions Answers

change failed to fail

change you failed to having failed

insert a comma after repayment

remove the comma after date

change empowered to empowering

looks like silver and containing

looks like silver and contains

looking like silver and containing

looked like silver and containing

looked like silver and contained

change councils to council’s

insert a comma after Street

remove the comma after highway

replace lead with led

no correction is necessary

My high energy level and enthusiastic interest

My high level of energy and also in addition to my enthusiastic interest

My high enthusiastic energy level has an interest

Because my high energy level and enthusiastic interest

An interest, which is enthusiastic, and my energy level, which is high,

contacting the undersigned

contact the undersigned

contacting the undersign

be contacting the undersigned

have contacted the undersigned

it will change

will change

had changed

the quality

life in Medford

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change stands to stood

change holding to hold

insert a comma after holding

no correction is necessary

Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles.B.First, writing down all your income for one month.C.Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive.D.Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.E.Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You m

replace These includes with Including

change includes to include

change includes to including

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insert a comma after things

Tucson, we got

Tucson, I got

Tucson.We got

Tucson we got

Tucson we were giving

experts they have logged

experts and logged

experts who have logged

experts who will log

experts logging

remove the comma after Hardware,

replace whose with who’s

replace dessert with desert

replace its with it’s

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Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in your hometown pizza parlor.B.The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlor generates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.

(B)

Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use a conventional oven equipped with a pizza stone.D.An oven of this kind preheated for half an hour will make you a very good pizza.

(C)

Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizza in the oven.(6) However, you must first preheat the oven to 500 degrees for at least a half an hour.(7) After preheating the oven divide the dough into four equal balls.(8) There are, however, a few specific steps to follow for successfully making a pizza at home (9) Flatten one of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle.(10) Next, place

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remove the comma after dough

change putting to put

change bake to to have baked

Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles.B.First, writing down all your income for one month.C.Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive.D.Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.E.Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You m

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We use the Internet or hear about it almost daily.B.However, there was a time when the Internet was known to just a network of scientists who used it as a means to communicate research information.C.They lived all over the world, the idea of calling on the phone was a major problem and a major expense.D.Faxing was a problem also if they wanted to keep their ideas secret.E.This group of international scientists needed a means to share their

is to share

was to share

is to be sharing

was to be sharing

sharing

insert is after fireplace

remove the comma after sealed

change rises to rose

change rises to is rising

change quick to quickly

replace Also, with Because

change ran to running

insert a comma after garage

change emits to emitting

change levels to level

throwing in another large log and leave

throw in another large log and leave

throwing in another large log, and leaving

throwing in another large log, leave

throw in another large log and leaving

change takes to take

replace least with leased

insert a comma after time

insert a comma after develop

no correction is necessary

you should heat it thoroughly

or heating it thoroughly

serving the food heated

making certain of the heat

for serving it with certainty

were owed to you

you was owed

was owed to you

should of been owed to you

will have been owed to you

grass and thus reducing

grass, the need

grass and reducing

grass, needing

grass, thus reducing

remove the comma after know

remove and after artists

replace who with which

insert a comma after children

replace a part with apart

insert a comma after pleasure

replace or with and

remove the comma after nightmare

replace you’re with your

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one that require

one that requires

one, that require

one.That require

one in that requires

replace The with This

change Fall to fall

change begin to beginning

remove the comma after Saturday

insert a comma after October

have sent

will have sent

sends

to send

sending

at the end of paragraph A

at the end of paragraph B

after sentence 10

at the beginning of paragraph D

at the beginning of paragraph E

complete the apartments will

complete, and the apartments will

complete and, the apartments will

complete and, the apartments, will

complete and, the apartments will,

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to your room and to your home and to your comfort contributes.

to your room and your home and also your comfort contributes.

contributes to your room, and to your home and to your comfort.

contributes to your room, your home, and your comfort.

contributes to your room, as well as contributes to home and contributes to your comfort.

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insert a comma after participants

remove the words will be

replace there with their

insert a comma after appearance

remove the comma after Marvick

insert who after shift

insert a comma after rude

replace and with but

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The garage expansion will end.

There will be more things to fix than we can afford.

The next phase will also take one month.

Please let us know what you think about our plans.

After the garage reopens, the contractors will repair the elevators.

Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles.B.First, writing down all your income for one month.C.Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive.D.Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.E.Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You m

Adding up, you and the bills

The bills they add up, and because you forget they add up

Not forgetting because they add up, smaller monthly

You must not forget smaller monthly bills that add up, such as

Smaller monthly bills you must not forget

had been placed

placed

placing

may be placed

may be placing

were you caught

are you caught

having been caught

have you been caught

will you be caught

Using pharaohs

Gold and the ancient

Pharaohs using gold

Crowning gold the

The ancient Egyptians

change was to were

remove the comma after Ciofreddi

insert a comma after Director

insert a comma after Human

insert a comma after Resources

portraits, especially those

portraits, especially these

portraits, especially, those

portraits especially those

portraits.Especially those

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)

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

with them

to build

settlers

around the world

have come

insert a comma after time

replace resources with resource’s

insert a comma after those

change interesting to interested

replace to with too

insert a comma after complaints

remove the comma after behavior

remove the comma after management

change will have to could have

change of controlling to to controlling

replace convenient with convenience

change service to services

replace know with now

change is to are

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consumption, the cost

consumption, when

consumption.The cost

consumption.Because

consumption when

insert a comma after fatal

change fatal to fatally

insert a comma after alone

change is to are

change attributed to attribute

change this keeps to that kept

change keeps to keep

insert a comma after shallow

replace whether with weather

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Libraries have books, and many libraries belong to law offices.

When addressing problems in a library, you may or may not have problems with filing.

In a reference library, which contains informational books, some of them may be about law.

Libraries are interesting places to visit.

In addition to our filing problems, we should also address difficulties associated with our reference library.

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change will be to has been

insert a comma after transformation

replace effect with affect

Who was the first rodeo cowgirls? B.While some of the earliest cowgirls were products of the American West, where they learned their skills on a ranch or farm, others came from different backgrounds.C.One had emigrated from Norway, another was a hairdresser from New York, and still another learned to ride horses on a Georgia plantation.D.Attracted by the excitement, glory, and possible financial rewards, this first group of daredevil riders

Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Kalpernik were two of the first rodeo cowgirls.(6) As a teenager, Mulhall rode and put on a roping exhibition in a public celebration where Teddy Roosevelt was a guest.(7) During a visit to the Mulhall family’s ranch Roosevelt witnessed Lucille’s breathtaking ride on an outlaw horse.(8) Impressed by her skill and daring, Roosevelt later inviting Mulhall to lead the inaugural procession when he took office as presi

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continued

were continuing

had continued

must have continuing

continue

When I was a child.B.A clergyman said that he read the comic strips in the daily paper every day.C.This amazed me because I believed that comics was for the young.D.I thought adults considered comics juvenile.E."But no,"he said."Comic strips can give you an insight into the human condition the way people think and behave." (6) Today, most would agree that he will be right.(7) The wide range of topics treated in the daily comic strips doesn’

a little

lives by

each day

them into

brief day

move sentence 12 to the end of paragraph E

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remove sentence 14

move sentence 14 to the beginning of paragraph E

begin a new paragraph with sentence 18

remove will

change hosting to host

change thursday to Thursday

insert a comma after October

no correction is necessary

correct and return

correct but return

correctly and return

correctly and to returning

correctly and returned

yourself

yourselves

ourselves

you

us

We use the Internet or hear about it almost daily.B.However, there was a time when the Internet was known to just a network of scientists who used it as a means to communicate research information.C.They lived all over the world, the idea of calling on the phone was a major problem and a major expense.D.Faxing was a problem also if they wanted to keep their ideas secret.E.This group of international scientists needed a means to share their

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insert a comma after marketing

replace and with or

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Who was the first rodeo cowgirls? B.While some of the earliest cowgirls were products of the American West, where they learned their skills on a ranch or farm, others came from different backgrounds.C.One had emigrated from Norway, another was a hairdresser from New York, and still another learned to ride horses on a Georgia plantation.D.Attracted by the excitement, glory, and possible financial rewards, this first group of daredevil riders

Lucille Mulhall and Bertha Kalpernik were two of the first rodeo cowgirls.(6) As a teenager, Mulhall rode and put on a roping exhibition in a public celebration where Teddy Roosevelt was a guest.(7) During a visit to the Mulhall family’s ranch Roosevelt witnessed Lucille’s breathtaking ride on an outlaw horse.(8) Impressed by her skill and daring, Roosevelt later inviting Mulhall to lead the inaugural procession when he took office as presi

pioneers those

pioneers, those

pioneers, and those

pioneers are those

pioneers, who are those

Your scrubbing brush dishcloth,

Your scrubbing, brush dishcloth,

Your scrubbing brush, dishcloth,

You’re scrubbing brush, dishcloth,

You’re scrubbing brush dishcloth,

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)

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

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firsthand witness

nature at working

will give them just

Those will give you

exercise and an opportunity

replace site with cite

remove the comma after www.quicksilver.com

change specialized to specialize

insert a comma after specialized

insert a comma after services

replace You with They

change needed to will need

insert a comma after thermometer

insert a comma after as

insert a comma after maple

look forward to see

is looking forward

look forward to have seen

looking forward for seeing

look forward to seeing

that you needed

that, you needed

that needs

that needed

that you will need

entry-level opportunities, in the quality

entry-level opportunities.In the quality

entry-level opportunities.These opportunities are in the quality

entry-level opportunities and also in the quality

entry-level opportunities in the quality

replace sum with some

remove repayment

insert may be made after repayment

replace by with buy

replace or with nor

insert a comma after applies

insert a comma after employees

replace in with of

insert the word but after factory

replace personnel with personal

Although he does not ask others,

Often and asking others

Often, the building after hours

Others he did not ask but often me

The card entitles me to ask questions

weekend you will have

weekend you, will have

weekend, you, will have

weekend, you will have

weekend you will be having

remove the comma after of food

insert a comma after know

change to do to to have done

replace they’re with their

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quite effective

quiet effective

quite affective

quite, affective

quite, affective,

one’s earliest

once earliest

our earliest

your earliest

one’s early

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change is to are

change is to isn’t

change hotel to Hotel

remove the comma after hotel

down, the Grotto Spa came alive

down, the Grotto Spa had come alive

down the Grotto Spa came alive

down the Grotto Spa, came alive

down, the Grotto Spa comes alive

change live to living

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remove the comma after slow-growing

insert a comma after drought-tolerant

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estimating

estimates

to estimate

has been estimating

estimate

rung.

rang.

had rung.

had rang.

was ringing.

firms have given them

firms have gave them

firms and have given them

firms and have gave them

firms, but have given them

feel this way you are

felt this way.You are

feel this way, you are

feel this way you were

feel this, way you are

and can instantly

and they can instantly

and we can instantly

and I can instantly

and he can instantly

We use the Internet or hear about it almost daily.B.However, there was a time when the Internet was known to just a network of scientists who used it as a means to communicate research information.C.They lived all over the world, the idea of calling on the phone was a major problem and a major expense.D.Faxing was a problem also if they wanted to keep their ideas secret.E.This group of international scientists needed a means to share their

change continue to continues

change change to changes

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replace too with to

crowns jewelry, and

crowns jewelry and

crown’s.Jewelry and

crowns’ jewelry, and

crowns, jewelry, and

change building’s to buildings

remove the comma after students

change one to one’s

replace their with they’re

change art to art’s

We wood like to

We would like to

We wood like, to

We’d liked to

We liked to

This memo

Hoping that this memo

Sufficient hope

We hope that

That our hope

will have received

will receive

are receiving

have received

had received

Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles.B.First, writing down all your income for one month.C.Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive.D.Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.E.Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You m

Income and money and paychecks and checks and the government

Income, your paychecks, Social Security, and the government,

Income means all the money you receive, including

Receiving money is meaningful

Receiving money, your paychecks