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Test Prep GED Section 2: Language Arts - Writing Exam Questions
Section Two : Language Arts - Writing (Page 11 )

Updated On: 17-Feb-2026
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Sentence 15
Keep several of the dishes refrigerated until they is needed.

What correction should be made to sentence 15?

  1. change Keep to Keeping
  2. change Keep to To keep
  3. replace they with it
  4. change is to are
  5. change is needed to needed

Answer(s): D



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How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home

(A)
(1) Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in your hometown pizza parlor. (2) The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlor generates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.
(B)
(3) Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use a conventional oven equipped with a pizza stone. (4) An oven of this kind preheated for half an hour will make you a very good pizza.
(C)
(5) Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizza in the oven.(6) However, you must first preheat the oven to 500 degrees for at least a half an hour.(7) After preheating the oven divide the dough into four equal balls.(8) There are, however, a few specific steps to follow for successfully making a pizza at home (9) Flatten one of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle.(10) Next, place the dough on a metal or wooden baking sheet that has been dusted with flour, then coat the dough with tomato sauce and other toppings, including a drizzle of olive oil.(11) Finally, for the best effect, slide the dough from the baking sheet onto the pizza stone.(12) Baking for about 15 minutes until the bottom is cooked and the edges are brown.
(D)
(13) There is other important things to remember as you make your own pizza.(14) Make sure that your dough is soft so that it is easy to work with.(15) Also, to avoid creating a soggy pizza, you should use tomato sauce sparingly.(16) Now you are ready to enjoy a pizza at home that is the equal to that of your favorite pizza parlor.(17) Bon appetit!

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Sentence 10:
Next, place the dough on a metal or wooden baking sheet that has been dusted with flour, then coat the dough with tomato sauce and other toppings, including a drizzle of olive oil.

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

  1. flour, then coat
  2. flour.Then coat
  3. flour, but coating
  4. flour coat
  5. flour although coating

Answer(s): B



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Sentence 9:
His paintings include many portraits, especially those of peasants and weavers.

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

  1. portraits, especially those
  2. portraits, especially these
  3. portraits, especially, those
  4. portraits especially those
  5. portraits.Especially those

Answer(s): A



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Making a Budget

(A)
(1) Making a budget is very easy if you no the basic procedure and a few principles. (2) First, writing down all your income for one month. (3) Income, including your paycheck or other checks from Social Security and the government, means all the money you receive. (4) Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses. (5) Rent and utilities are important regular expenses; you should also include expenses for food and medicine you take regularly.(6) You must not forget because they add up, the smaller monthly bills such as payments for credit cards, interest on loans, and insurance.
(B)
(7) You also should keep track of minor daily expenses because you probably spend more on them than you realize.(8) These includes purchases of such things as sodas, snacks, newspapers, magazines, and candy.(9) Add them up for a week and then multiply the weekly total by the number of weeks in the month to determine the total monthly cost.(10) Transportation costs, such as bus and subway fairs along with gasoline and tolls, should also be calculated as monthly expenses.
(C)
(11) Finally, it’s important to plan as much as possible for special expenses, such as visits to doctors and dentists and repairs to your home or car.(12) Gifts for such events as Christmas and birthdays are other kinds of expenses you can plan for certain months.(13) Other activities, such as celebrating a holiday or taking a vacation, often demand extra spending, too.(14) Some months may also require you according to the season to buy new clothes.(15) By preparing a budget in all these areas, you can figure out how much money you need for each month, this will help you watch your spending and may help you to save for the future.

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Sentence 4
Next, figure out all your regular monthly expenses.

Which revision should be made to the placement of sentence 4?

  1. move sentence 4 to the beginning of paragraph A
  2. move sentence 4 to follow sentence 2
  3. move sentence 4 to follow sentence 5
  4. remove sentence 4
  5. no revision is necessary

Answer(s): E



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Sentence 13
This statement applies not just to those employees in the factory to all of your personnel.

Which correction should be made to sentence 13?

  1. insert a comma after applies
  2. insert a comma after employees
  3. replace in with of
  4. insert the word but after factory
  5. replace personnel with personal

Answer(s): D






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