GED Language Arts - Writing (Essay Writing Exam) Sample Questions:

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How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home
(A)

A) change bake to to have baked
B) 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! -- Exhibit -Sentence Generally, you start with the bread dough, putting on some toppings, and bake the pizza in the oven. Which correction should be made to sentence 5?
C) change start to starting
D) insert a comma after bake
E) remove the comma after dough
F) Its almost impossible to bake a Sicilian pizza at home like those pizzas baked in your hometown pizza parlor.B.The reason is that wood-fired brickovens at the pizza parlor generates the intense heat needed to create fine pizza.
(B)
G) Since the conventional oven at home cannot produce such intense heat, you must use a conventional oven equipped with a pizza stone.D.An oven of this kind preheated for half an hour will make you a very good pizza.
(C)
H) change putting to put

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Sentence 8:The next step is to prepare the walls, any nail holes should be filled with spackle.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

A) walls any nail
B) walls.Any nail
C) walls, but any nail
D) walls yet any nail
E) walls, any nail

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Which sentence would be most effective if inserted at the beginning of paragraph D?

A) The next phase will also take one month.
B) Please let us know what you think about our plans.
C) There will be more things to fix than we can afford.
D) After the garage reopens, the contractors will repair the elevators.
E) The garage expansion will end.

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Sentence As you know, Montgomery is home to many artists and who volunteer their time to work at the Galena Arts Academy with the children as a part of the city-wide Volunteer Artists' Program.
Which correction should be made to sentence 2?

A) replace a part with apart
B) insert a comma after children
C) remove the comma after know
D) replace who with which
E) remove and after artists

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Sentence 10:The task of the Everest cleanup is a huge one that require the cooperation of all involved.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

A) one, that require
B) one that require
C) one in that requires
D) one that requires
E) one.That require

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