Writing+Test+17+Lessons

The GED writing test contains items from 4 areas: **__sentence structure, usage, mechanics, organization__**
===Each of the sections contains multiple topics. Together, all topics total 17 study areas for the GED. On this page, you will find practice for all 17 of these areas. Start with number 1 and continue through the list. ===

Worksheets that help with the most common GED writing mistakes are here:

1. Sentences & Sentence Fragments
===All sentences need a subject and a predicate. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, or thing that is being discussed in the sentence. Pronouns and nouns can both act as subjects. Verbs act as predicates. Sentences can have more than one verb and more than one noun or pronoun; however, each sentence will typically have a subject and a predicate. ===

Subject = I Predicate = took

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 * ===Practice identifying nouns and verbs === || ===Click here === ||
 * ===Practice identifying fragments === || ===Click here === ||
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click on the following link to test your knowledge of fragments.
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">[|Fragments Test Policy and Procedures.pdf] ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2. Compound Sentences
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Each sentence can be connected to another sentence. When we connect two or more complete sentences together, we must connect them with the correct punctuation. === ===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">There are four choices: 1) comma with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) 2) a semicolon 3) semicolon with conjunctive adverb with a comma 4) colon ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">When we subordinate, we put words in front of a sentence that make the sentence a dependent clause.
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">EXAMPLE: I went to the dance yesterday. Putting any of the following terms in front of this independent clause will change the clause. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Run-ons occur when two or more independent clauses are connected together without proper punctuation.
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">EXAMPLE: I like pizza and I like pasta. (This is incorrect because there are two independent clauses connected with just a coordinating conjunction - and.) ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Comma splices occur when independent clauses are connected together with just a comma.
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">EXAMPLE: I like pizza, I like pasta. (This is incorrect because there are two independent clauses joined with just a comma.) ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click here for rules
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">These are descriptive terms are are separated from the word that they are supposed to describe. Modifiers describe the word closest to them. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">EXAMPLE: Barking and running, my mother ran from the dogs. In this example, the mother did the barking and running.
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Fixing misplaced and dangling modifiers is easy. Just change the sentence so that the thing being described is close to the describing words. ===

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">6. Parallel Structure
===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">@http://Usage%20-%20Parallel%20Structure%20%20Sentence%20elements%20that%20are%20alike%20in%20function%20should%20also%20be%20alike%20in%20construction.%20%20These%20elements%20should%20be%20in%20the%20same%20grammatical%20form%20so%20that%20they%20are%20paClick here to learn parallel structure rules ===

===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Click here for a parallel structure worksheet[|Parallel-Structure-Practice1.doc] ===

===<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">__**B ORGANIZATION (click on this link for online lesson and activities)**__ ===