GED Language Arts Writing Exam Questions with
Correct Answers
Active verb - Answer verb that shows an action performed by the subject of the sentence
Adjective - Answer Part of speech that helps describe a noun or pronoun
Adverb - Answer modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by giving it more meaning
Agreement - Answer Parts of sentence that are alike in gender, number and person
Antecedent - Answer Noun that is replaced with a pronoun
Antonym - Answer two words that express opposing concepts
Apposition - Answer a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows EX. My dog,
Scout
Auxiliary verb - Answer combines with another verb to help form tense (to have, to be, to do, will, shall,
would, should, can, may, might, could)
Case - Answer Form of noun or pronoun that shows it's relation to the other words in the sentence
Nominative case - Answer a pronoun used in the subject or predicate noun of a sentence
Possessive case - Answer a noun or pronoun used to show ownership
Objective case - Answer When a noun or pronoun is used as the direct object, indirect object, or object
of a preposition
, Clause - Answer an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete
sentence
Independent clause - Answer a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete
sentence
Dependent clause - Answer a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone
Comparison - Answer Change of form in adjective and adverbs to shoe in amount quantity, such as good,
better, best
Superlative - Answer Refers to the greater degree in the quality or quantity of one item or person with
respect to two or more others, largest of the three
Complex sentence - Answer a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Compound-complex sentence - Answer two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent
clauses
Compound predicate - Answer Two or more predicates usually joined by and or or
Compound sentence - Answer two or more independent clauses
Compound subject - Answer two or more subjects joined together usually by "and" or "or" that share a
common verb
Conjunction - Answer Part of speech that connects words, phrases,or clauses
Consonant - Answer A letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel
Dash - Answer Punctuation mark that shows a pause or break in a sentence
Correct Answers
Active verb - Answer verb that shows an action performed by the subject of the sentence
Adjective - Answer Part of speech that helps describe a noun or pronoun
Adverb - Answer modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by giving it more meaning
Agreement - Answer Parts of sentence that are alike in gender, number and person
Antecedent - Answer Noun that is replaced with a pronoun
Antonym - Answer two words that express opposing concepts
Apposition - Answer a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows EX. My dog,
Scout
Auxiliary verb - Answer combines with another verb to help form tense (to have, to be, to do, will, shall,
would, should, can, may, might, could)
Case - Answer Form of noun or pronoun that shows it's relation to the other words in the sentence
Nominative case - Answer a pronoun used in the subject or predicate noun of a sentence
Possessive case - Answer a noun or pronoun used to show ownership
Objective case - Answer When a noun or pronoun is used as the direct object, indirect object, or object
of a preposition
, Clause - Answer an expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete
sentence
Independent clause - Answer a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete
sentence
Dependent clause - Answer a clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone
Comparison - Answer Change of form in adjective and adverbs to shoe in amount quantity, such as good,
better, best
Superlative - Answer Refers to the greater degree in the quality or quantity of one item or person with
respect to two or more others, largest of the three
Complex sentence - Answer a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
Compound-complex sentence - Answer two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent
clauses
Compound predicate - Answer Two or more predicates usually joined by and or or
Compound sentence - Answer two or more independent clauses
Compound subject - Answer two or more subjects joined together usually by "and" or "or" that share a
common verb
Conjunction - Answer Part of speech that connects words, phrases,or clauses
Consonant - Answer A letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel
Dash - Answer Punctuation mark that shows a pause or break in a sentence
