GED® Practice Exam 1 Writing

Which of the following spellings is correct?

Which word in the following sentence is an adjective?

Mrs. Washington loves red roses.

Select the verb that best completes the following sentence.

Katharina didn’t ___ her job as an accountant, so she decided to change careers.

Select the correct verbs to complete the following sentence.

My dentist, who I ___ visited for years, ___ suddenly disappeared.

Select the direct object of the underlined verb.

Andrei was happy to help his daughter and her fiance plan their wedding.

What part of speech correctly describes the underlined phrase in the following sentence?

Leo watched his older brother walk to the bus stop on the first day of school.

Which of the following nouns can be made plural by simply adding -s?

Which word does the underlined modifier describe?

I looked up to Marvin, who was a year older.

Which word does the underlined adverb describe?

She played beautifully in the recital.

Select the part of speech of the underlined words in the following sentence.

Thousands of young people showed up to meet the teen idol.

What is the correct plural of quiz?

Which of the following options correctly fixes the run-on sentence below?

Being able to drive cross-country is an incredible opportunity there is so much to experience.

Adding which prefix to intentional would make the antonym of the word?

Which of the following options would complete the above sentence to make it a complex sentence?

I enjoy watching the snow fall ________________________.

Which word(s) in the following sentence should be capitalized?

she asked, “do you like indian food?”

Select the word that is a possessive pronoun.

Identify the direct object in the following sentence, if there is one.

Max tried so hard, but he did not succeed.

What tense are the underlined verbs in the following sentence?

We read a book and wrote a paper about it.

What type of error can be found in the following sentence?

The report earned an A that I wrote on the Korean War.

Fill in the blank with the correct subordinating conjunction.

We will throw a pizza party ____ you win the game.

How many modifiers are in the following sentence?

They carried sleeping bags, tents, and backpacks.

Which of the following is correct?

What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence?

The dog wagged its tail.

What part of speech is the underlined word in the following sentence?

Douglas served on the Supreme Court for 36 years.

Identify the nouns in the following sentence.

Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in 1911.

Which of the following is an example of a simple sentence?

How would you connect the following clauses?

The trial must begin. She shows up or not.

What is the sentence with the correct use of punctuation?

Select the subject with which the underlined verb must agree.

On Memorial Day, which is the last Monday in May, Americans honor those who have died for their country.

Identify the preposition in the following sentence.

It’s really hot in that room.

Which part of the following sentence is the predicate?

My granddaughter was born on January 18.

Which of the following sentences is correct?

The following words have the same denotation. Which word has a positive connotation?

Select another conjunction with the same meaning as the underlined conjunction.

History is my favorite subject, but I did not do well on the test

Identify the independent clause in the following sentence.

The mother could not take her kids to school because it snowed all night.

Which word in the list of synonyms shows the strongest degree of the word?

Which word in the following sentence is a pronoun?

The driver checked her side mirror.

Pundit : Apprentice :: Flux : __________

What is the mistake in the following sentence?

Today the new movie premiered, and it was a hit.

Identify the dangling or misplaced modifier in the following sentence.

When six years old, our family was transferred overseas by my father’s company.

What is the main verb in the following sentence?

Can I ask you another question?

Which word is not a conjunction?

Which of the following suffixes means in a manner of or resembling?

Which of the following root words means people?

The use of the root mers  in the word immerse indicates which the following?

Irascible most nearly means

Select the word from the following sentence that has more than one meaning.

The flu has the ability to strike millions of people each year and some do not survive.

Select the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence based on the context clues.

The school has a policy to confiscate all student cell phones before an exam so they are unable to cheat.

Select the correct definition of the underlined word that has multiple meanings in the sentence.

The copy machine had a paper jam, and the technician had to come fix it.

Select the context clue from the following sentence that helps you define the multiple meaning word solution.

Claude used a solution of ammonia and water to clean the mess that was on the floor.