GED LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

Clarity is the objective of any writing, and the organization of any expository writing is extremely important to clarity. - When judging the organization of a piece of writing, whether it is a promotional piece or a personal letter, you should look for a clear and logical delivery of ideas. Things to ask yourself about your writing. - *Does each piece of writing contain a topic statement in the first paragraph? *Does each paragraph have a topic sentence? *Are related ideas grouped in the same paragraph? *Do all sentences in the paragraph support the topic sentence? Is there a clear progression from one idea to the next, from one paragraph to the next (perhaps using first, next, then, & finally) *Do all the paragraphs support the topic sentence? Expository - Intended to explain or describe Singular - (of a word or form) denoting or referring to just one person or thing Adjective Verb - A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen Subject - A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with. Plural - A plural word form Compound subject - A type of subject where two or more individual noun phrases are coordinated to form a single, larger noun phrase Noun phrase - Compound subjects cause many difficulties in the proper usage of grammatical agreement between the subject and other entities (verbs, pro nouns, etc) Independent clause - (Main clause) is a clause that can stand by itself, also known as a simple sentence. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate; it makes sense by itself Independent clauses - Are clauses that express a complete thought. They can function as sentences. Dependent clauses - Do not express a complete thought & cannot function as sentences Noun - is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Whatever exists, we assume, can be named, and that name is a noun. Verb - a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become,happen. Proper noun - a name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters, e.g.,Larry, Mexico, and Boston Red Sox. About nouns - When using a noun to describe another noun, the first noun is "acting as" an adjective, e.g., Love story Countable nouns - They have a singular form & a plural form. They usually refer to things. Most countable nouns become plural by adding s at the end Uncountable nouns - They only have a singular form NO plurals. Usually refer to abstractions (confidence or advice) or collectives ( equipment or luggage) Active voice - In the active voice the object receives the action of the verb, e.g., Cats(subject) eat(verb) fish(object) Passive voice - In passive voice the subject receives the action of the verb, e.g., Fish (subject) are eaten (verb) by cats (object) Adjective - Describe or give information about nouns or pronouns. (age, size, color, etc) Some show what somebody thinks about something or somebody. (nice, horrid, beautiful, etc) Different types of adjectives - 1. Numeric: six, one hundred & one