Get real GED-Writing exam questions for better preparation

-- Exhibit- -- Exhibit -

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

• A. placed
• B. placing
• C. may be placed
• D. had been placed
• E. may be placing

-- Exhibit-

-- Exhibit --
Sentence 10:The seedlings are later transported by truck to a local distribution center for
delivery to your home.
Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

• A. replace later with latter
• B. no correction is necessary
• C. insert a comma after center
• D. change distribution center to Distribution Center
• E. replace local with locale

-- Exhibit -
Ethnic Architecture
(A)

• A. insert a comma after houses
• B. replace which with who
• C. replace lesson with lessen
• D. remove the comma after Creoles
• E. 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)
• F. insert a comma after lesson
• G. 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)
  (9)
  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 8:The settlers learned a lesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doors and windows to keep cool.
  Which correction should be made to sentence 8?

-- Exhibit-

-- Exhibit -
Sentence 1Silver Wing, our super rush service, guarantees that your materials are pact and delivered in less than an hour.
Which correction should be made to sentence 13?

• A. no correction is necessary
• B. replace pact with packed
• C. remove the comma after Wing
• D. remove the comma after service
• E. change guarantees to guarantee

-- Exhibit-

-- Exhibit --
Sentence Our shipping policy guaranteeing that your trees will reach you in the best
possible condition.
Which correction should be made to sentence 5?

• A. change guaranteeing to guarantees
• B. insert a comma after you
• C. change will reach to are reaching
• D. change guaranteeing to to guarantee
• E. replace your with one's