Part I
Language Arts: Writing
Part I
YOUR STEPS TO SUCCESS!!
Step 1: The Official Language Arts: Writing Skills Practice Test will be mailed to you. This is half the length of the actual GED test. Please complete the test within the time limits and mail back to us in the envelope provided. The instructors will correct your test and tell you your Standard Score.
Step 2: We will be using the Steck-Vaughn Complete GED Preparation book copy write 2002. Check with your local bookstores or call the Adult Learning Center if you would like to purchase one. The Adult Learning Center charges $20.00 + postage for the book.
Step 3: Time to begin!! Turn to page 66. Pages
66-67 gives information about this test.
Click on the
following lessons. Start with Lesson One and go in order.
Each lesson
builds on the previous lessons.
Links to
extra notes will be provided in each section as they are completed.
There will be supplemental material as needed added to this site or to each individual student.
Sentence Structure
Lesson One
Sentences and Sentence Fragments
Lesson Two
Compound Sentences
Lesson Three
Subordinating Ideas
Lesson Four
Run-ons and Comma Splices
Lesson Five
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Lesson Six
Parallel Structure
GED Review Sentence Structure
Organization
Lesson Seven
Effective Paragraphs
Lesson Eight
Topic Sentences
Lesson Nine
Paragraphing
Lesson Ten
Clear Transitions
GED Review Organization
Usage
Lesson Eleven
Subject-Verb Agreement
Lesson Twelve
Verb Forms
Lesson Thirteen
Verb Tenses
Lesson Fourteen
Pronouns
GED Review Usage
Mechanics
Lesson Fifteen
Capitalization
Lesson Sixteen
Commas
Lesson Seventeen Spelling
GED Review Mechanics
GED Unit Review Language Arts:
Writing
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
Lesson One:
Assignment:
Read page 68. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. Why should you use complete sentences?
2. A complete sentence has a ___________ and a
_______________.
3. What is a subject?
4. What is a verb?
5. Sometimes the subject is understood, it is not
______________.
6. A complete sentence expresses a ___________
__________.
7. A complete sentence ends with _______________.
8. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
Read page 69. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a sentence fragment?
2. List the 4 methods used to correct a sentence
fragment.
3. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
Complete the exercise at the bottom of the page.
Read page 70. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. Complete question 1 on page 70. Is that a
complete sentence or a sentence fragment?
2. Complete question 2 on page 70. Which sentence is a
complete sentence? Which sentence is
a sentence fragment? Does the
sentence fragment follow: (Methods are found on page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4 or
complete as
written?
3. Complete question 3 on page 70. Does the sentence
fragment follow: (Methods are found on
page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4 or
complete as written?
4. Complete question 4 on page 70. Does the
sentence fragment follow: (Methods are found on page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4 or
complete as written?
5. There is a TIP at the
bottom right. What does the TIP say?
6. Complete question 5 on
page 71. Does the sentence fragment follow: (Methods
are found on page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4 or
complete as written?
7. Complete question 6 on page 71. Does the
sentence fragment follow: (Methods are found on page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4, or
complete as written?
8. Complete question 7 on page 71. Does the
sentence fragment follow: (Methods are found on page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4, or
complete as written?
9. Complete question 8 on page 71. Does the
sentence fragment follow: (Methods are found on page 69).
Method 1,
Method 2,
Method 3,
Method 4, or
complete as written?
Correct the answers to numbers 1-8 on page 733. Email how many you had right.
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
Lesson Two:
Assignment:
Read page 72. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. A complete sentence is also called an ______________
_________.
2. An _____________ ______________ can stand by itself
as a simple sentence.
3. What is a compound sentence?
4. Compound sentences are an effective way to show
_________________________.
5. What is a coordinating conjunction?
6. Look at the list of coordinating conjunctions.
What is the relationship:
and
_______________________________
but, yet
_______________________________
for
_______________________________
so
_______________________________
or
_______________________________
nor
_______________________________
7. What is the rule for using
commas when writing a compound sentence with a coordinating
conjunction?
8. There is a TIP on the left
side. What does the TIP say?
9. Complete the exercise at the
bottom of the page.
Read page 73. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. Read Method 1. When do you use a semicolon?
2. Read Method 2. What should the conjunctive adverb
show?
3. Look at the list of Conjunctive Adverbs. What is the
relationship?
also, furthermore, moreover,
besides
______________________
however, still, nevertheless, instead, nonetheless
______________________
similarly,
likewise
______________________
therefore, thus,
consequently
______________________
next, then, meanwhile, finally, subsequently,
for example, for
instance
______________________
4. What does the rule under Method 2 state?
5. Complete the exercise at the bottom of the page.
Read page 74-75. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. Question 2 is about Sentence 4. The coordinating
conjunction is "or". What is the relationship
of "or" between
clauses? (Coordinating conjunctions and relationships are on page 72).
2. Question 3 is about Sentence 7. The coordinating
conjunction is "yet". What is the relationship
of "yet" between the
clauses? (Coordinating conjunctions and relationships are on page 72).
3. Question 4 is about Sentence 9. Is the subject or
verb missing from this sentence?
4. In sentence 2 what is the relationship of
"so" between the clauses? "So" shows an _______.
5. There is a TIP at the bottom right. What does the
TIP say?
Complete questions 1-8 on pages 74-75. Correct your answers on page 733. Email how many you had right.
Lesson Three:
Assignment:
Read page 76. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. A "dependent" clause is also known as
a ________________ clause.
2. A subordinate clause does not _____________________
but has a subject and a verb.
3. What is a complex sentence?
4. The "subordinate" clause adds
_________ and ___________ to the main independent
clause.
5. Look at the subordinating conjunctions. What is the
relationship?
Time
_______________________________
Result/effect
_______________________________
Location
_______________________________
Condition
________________________________
Choice
________________________________
Concession
________________________________
Reason/cause ________________________________
6. What does the METHOD say?
7. What does the RULE say?
8. Complete the exercise at the bottom of the page.
Read page 77. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. A simple sentence consists of a __________, a
___________, and one _________.
2. Simple sentences are often ______________.
3. There is a TIP on the upper left side. What does the
TIP say?
4. There are 3 METHODS that help make writing smooth.
What are the 3 METHODS?
5. Complete the exercise at the bottom of the
page.
Read page 78-79. Email the answers to the
following questions.
1. Is sentence 1 a complete sentence or a
fragmented sentence? Remember: a dependent clause
is a sentence fragment.
2. Is sentence 2 a complete sentence or a fragmented
sentence?
3. Question 5 is about Sentence 2 & 3. Are sentences 2
& 3 smooth or choppy?
4. There is a TIP at the bottom of the page. What does
the TIP say?
5. Complete questions 1-8 and email how many you had
right.
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
Lesson Four:
Assignment:
Read pages 80-81. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a run-on sentence?
2. List the 4 METHODS that correct run-ons.
3. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
4. What is a comma splice?
5. There are 2 METHODS that correct comma splices.
One deals with strictly comma splices
and the other one deals with
run-ons. What are the 2 METHODS?
6. Complete the exercises on page 80 and 81.
Read pages 82-23. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP at the bottom right side. What
does the TIP say?
2. Is sentence 3 a run-on or a comma splice?
3. Is sentence 5 a complete sentence or a fragmented
sentence?
4. Is the subject or verb missing in sentence 5?
Complete the questions on pages 82-83. Correct your answers on page 734. Email how many you had right.
Lesson Five:
Assignment:
Read page 84. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. How do you use a "modifier"?
2. A modifier can be a single word such as an
___________ or an _________________.
(An adjective describes
nouns. Nouns are people, places, and things. Adverbs describe verbs or other
adverbs.)
3. What is a misplaced modifier?
4. What is the RULE for keeping a modifier from
becoming a misplace modifier?
5. What is a dangling modifier?
6. RULE 2 says: Avoid dangling modifiers. What are
the METHODS used to fix dangling
modifiers?
7. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
Read pages 85-86. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP at the bottom left. What does the
TIP say?
2. Is Sentence 2 a misplaced modifier or a dangling
modifier phrase?
3. In Sentence 3, is "costing about $20" a
misplaced modifier or dangling modifier?
Complete questions 1-9. Correct your answers on page 735. Email how many you had right.
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
Lesson Six:
Assignment:
Read page 87. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is parallel structure?
2. There are 3 RULES for parallel structure. What
are they?
3. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
4. Complete the exercise on page 87.
Read pages 88-89. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. In question 1 about sentence 1....what ending makes
the words parallel? (ed, ing, s)
Complete questions 1-9. Check your answers on page 736. Email how many you had right.
GED
Review: Sentence Structure:
Read pages 90-95. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP at the bottom right on page 90.
What does the TIP say?
2. There is a TIP at the bottom right on page 91. What
does the TIP say?
3. There is a TIP at the bottom left on page 94. What
does the TIP say?
4. There is a TIP at the bottom left on page 95. What
does the TIP say?
Complete the review questions. Check your answers on page 737. Email which questions you had wrong. The wrong ones will be reviewed and you will receive some supplemental work on those via email.
Lesson Seven:
Assignment:
Read pages 96-97. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a paragraph?
2. A paragraph has a ____________ sentence and
several __________ details.
3. What is a topic sentence?
4. What are supporting details?
5. There is a TIP at the bottom left. What does the
TIP say?
6. What are the results of good writing?
7. When does a paragraph have unity?
8. When does a paragraph have coherence?
9. What makes a paragraph seem sloppy and confused?
10. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP say?
11. Complete the page.
Read page 98-99. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP at the bottom right. What does
the TIP say?
2. Look at paragraph A. Read it and tell me which
sentence does not belong in that paragraph.
3. In paragraph B, which sentence would welcome people
and should be at the beginning?
4. On page 99...What is unnecessary information in
paragraph C?
5. How did pertussis get its name?
6. What is the common name for pertussis?
Complete the questions on page 98-99. Check your answers on page 739. Email how many you had right.
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
Lesson Eight:
Assignment:
Read page 100. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is the reader's guide to understanding the
ideas of a paragrah?
2. Does the topic sentence have to be placed at the
beginning of the paragraph?
3. What happens to the reader if the topic sentence is
too specific?
4. What happens to the reader if the topic sentence is
too general?
5. What is the RULE for the topic sentence?
6. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
7. There is a TIP on page 101 on the bottom right. What
does the TIP say?
Read and complete page 101-102. Correct your answers on page 739. Email how many you had right.
Lesson Nine:
Assignment:
Read page 103. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a way to organize ideas?
2. How many main ideas in one paragraph?
3. What is easier to read: one long paragraph or
several paragraphs?
4. There are two RULES listed. What are the RULES?
5. There is a TIP at the bottom left. What does the TIP
say?
Complete page 103.
Read and complete pages 104-105. Correct your answers on page 740. Email how many you had right.
Lesson Ten:
Assignment:
Read page 106. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a transition?
2. How do transitions help in writing?
3. There are 2 RULES. What are the two rules?
4. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
Complete page 106.
Read and complete pages 107-108. Check your answers on page 740. Email how many you had right.
GED Review:
Organization:
Read page 109. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP on the bottom left. What does the
TIP say?
2. Go to page 886. Write down the 4 questions you
should ask yourself when you edit your
own writing.
Complete pages 109-113. Correct your answers on page 741. Email how many you had right.
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
Lesson
Eleven: Assignment:
Read page 114-116. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What concepts does "usage" include?
2. Mastery of __________ rules and __________ concepts
will help you to avoid some
common errors in writing.
3. Singular refers to ________.
4. Plural refers to _____________________.
5. What is a "subject-verb" agreement?
6. There are 3 RULES. What do the RULES state?
7. There is a TIP on the bottom left side. What does
the TIP say?
8. When may it be hard to decide which word is the
"subject"?
9. When may it be hard to find the "subject"?
10. There are 2 RULES. What are the RULES?
11. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP say?
12. What is a collective noun?
13. There are 3 RULES on page 116. What are the RULES?
14. List at least 2 words from the chart that are always
singular.
15. List the 4 words from the chart that are always plural.
16. List the 7 words from the chart that are either singular
or plural.
17. There is a TIP on the bottom left side. What does the TIP
say?
Read and complete the questions on page 117. Correct your answers on page 742. Email how many you had right.
Lesson
Twelve: Assignment:
Read pages 118-119. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a regular verb?
2. How many parts does each verb have?
3. What are the 4 parts?
4. There are 3 RULES listed. What are the 3 RULES?
5. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
6. Complete the exercise on page 118.
7. On page 119. What is an irregular verb?
8. Irregular verbs usually change their _______
_______ to form the past and past participle.
9. Look at the charts. What is the past participle of
fall? Use it in a sentence.
10. What is the present tense of drove? Use it in a sentence.
11. The past tense of write is? Use it in a sentence.
12. What is the past participle of speak?
13. What is the present tense of drank?
14. What is the past tense of go?
15. There are 4 RULES on page 119. What are the 4 RULES?
Read and complete the questions on page 120. Correct your answers on page 742. Email how many you had right.
Lesson
Thirteen: Assignment:
Read pages 121-122. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What are verb tenses?
2. There are 2 RULES on page 121. What do the RULES
say? (Include the bulleted
information that accompanies
each rule).
3. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
4. Complete the exercise on page 121.
5. Page 122 discusses Consistence and Sequence.
What should be consistent?
6. There are 2 RULES. What are the RULES?
7. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
Read and complete page 123. Correct your answers on page 743. Email how many you had right.
Lesson
Fourteen: Assignment:
Read page 124-126. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What is a personal pronoun?
2. What is the plural form of "I"?
3. List the singular subject pronouns along with their
plural pronouns.
4. What is the singular form of "us"?
5. List the singular and the plural object pronouns.
6. There are 4 RULES. What are the RULES?
7. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
8. Complete the exercise on page 124.
9. On page 125 there are Possessive Pronouns. A possessive
pronoun shows ____________.
10. What is an antecedent?
11. A _________, _________, and _________ must agree with
its antecedent.
12. There are 5 RULES. What are the RULES?
13. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP say?
14. Complete the exercise on the bottom of page 125.
15. On page 126. What is a "pronoun shift"?
16. There are 3 RULES. What do the RULES say?
17. Complete the exercise on the bottom of the page.
18. There is a TIP on the bottom of page 127. What does the
TIP say?
Read and complete the questions on page 127. Correct your answers on page 743. Email how many you had right.
Email Addresses:
Minot area email: j.kraft@sendit.nodak.edu
Grafton area email:
bonny.norton@sendit.nodak.edu
Williston or anywhere else in North Dakota email:
adultlearningcenter@hotmail.com
GED Review: Usage:
Complete the following questions. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP on page 130. What does the TIP
say?
2. There is a TIP on page 131. What does the TIP say?
Complete the review. Correct your answers on page 743. Email how many you had right.
Lesson
Fifteen: Assignment:
Read pages 132-133. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What do "mechanics" concepts include?
2. What is a proper noun?
3. What is a proper adjective?
4. There are 4 RULES on page 132. What are the
RULES?
5. What are the 5 RULES on page 133?
6. There is a TIP on the bottom left. What does the TIP
say?
7. Complete the exercise on the bottom of page
133.
8. There is a TIP on the bottom left on page 134. What
does the TIP say?
Read and complete the questions on page 134. Correct your answers on page 745. Email how many you had right.
Lesson
Sixteen: Assignment:
Read pages 135-136. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. The comma is a _________ for readers.
2. What does a comma tell us?
3. There are 2 RULES. What are the RULES?
4. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
5. There is a TIP on the bottom. What does the TIP say?
6. Complete the exercise on page 135.
7. There are 4 RULES on page 136. What are the RULES?
8. What is an appositive?
9. What is a parenthetical expression?
10. complete the exercise on page 136.
Read and complete the questions on page 137. Correct your answers on page 745. Email how many you had right.
Lesson
Seventeen: Assignment:
Read page 138-140. Email the answers to the following questions.
1. What are possessives?
2. There are 3 RULES. What are the RULES?
3. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
4. What is a contraction?
5. There are 2 RULES on page 139. What are the
RULES?
6. There is a TIP on the left side. What does the TIP
say?
7. What is the contraction for should not?
8. What are the 2 words for we're?
9. Complete the exercise on the bottom of the page.
10. What is a homonym?
11. Look through the list of homonyms. Write down 2 sets
of homonyms.
12. There are 2 TIPS on the left side. What do the TIPS say?
13. There is a TIP on page 141. What does the TIP say?
Read and complete the questions on page 141. Correct your answers on page 745. Email how many you had right.
GED Review:
Mechanics:
Email the answers to the following questions.
1. There is a TIP on page 143. What does the TIP
say?
2. Look on pages 888-891. What does council mean?
3. What does counsel mean?
4. What does stationary mean?
5. What does stationery mean?
Read and complete page 142-144. Correct your
answers on page 746. Email how many you had right.
GED
Unit Review Language Arts Writing
Read and complete pages 145-155. Correct your answers on page 747. Email how
many you had right.
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