Sentence Basics

GED Practice Quiz

Directions:

Questions 1 through 3 refer to the following excerpt.

Herbal Teas

       (1) Herbal teas are very popular these days. (2) Black tea is not an ingredient in such teas, so they don’t contain caffeine. (3) Herbal teas, are delicate and light in color. (4) They combine Spices, plant leaves, seeds, roots, and flowers.

1		Sentence 2: Black tea is not an ingredient in such teas, so they don't contain caffeine. Which correction should be made to sentence 2?
			A)	remove the word is
			B)	remove the comma after teas
			C)	remove the word so
			D)	replace so with yet
			E)	no correction is necessary
2		Sentence 3: Herbal teas, are delicate and light in color. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	Herbal teas, are
			B)	Herbal teas are
			C)	Herbal teas are,
			D)	Herbal teas is
			E)	Herbal, teas are
3		Sentence 4: They combine Spices, plant leaves, seeds, roots, and flowers. Which correction should be made to sentence 4?
			A)	change They to It
			B)	change Spices to spices
			C)	change seeds to Seeds
			D)	delete the comma after seeds
			E)	no correction is necessary

Questions 4 through 6 refer to the following consumer advice.

Buying Comfortable Shoes

       (1) Have you ever come home with a pair of shoes that didn’t fit and wondered why you ever bought they? (2) Did the sales person tell you that they just needed to be broken in, or did you like the style so much that you bought the shoes even though the store was out of your size? (3) Whatever the reason, all fallen victim to this problem. (4) The end of your longest toe should be a thumbs width from the end of the shoe when you are standing.

4		Sentence 1: Have you ever come home with a pair of shoes that didn’t fit and wondered why you ever bought they? Which correction should be made to sentence 1?
			A)	change didn’t to don’t
			B)	change pair to pare
			C)	replace they with them
			D)	replace they with it
			E)	no correction is necessary
5		Sentence 3: Whatever the reason, all fallen victim to this problem. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	all fallen victim
			B)	we are falling victims
			C)	all fallen victims are
			D)	we have all fallen victim
			E)	all victims
6		Sentence 4: The end of your longest toe should be a thumbs width from the end of the shoe when you are standing. Which correction should be made to sentence 4?
			A)	insert a comma after toe
			B)	change thumbs to thumb’s
			C)	change when to because
			D)	change you to they
			E)	no correction is necessary

Questions 7 and 8 refer to the following information.

Queen Victoria

       (1) Queen Victoria, who ruled England from 1837 to 1901, was fatherless from infancy, but her father’s brother, Leopold, provided her with fatherly advice for more than thirty years. (2) When she was eighteen, the young princess became queen of England, and her uncle immediately proposed that his nephew, prince Albert, should marry Victoria. (3) Victoria married Albert, and raised a large family.

7		Sentence 2: When she was eighteen, the young princess became queen of England, and her uncle immediately proposed that his nephew, prince Albert, should marry Victoria. Which correction should be made to sentence 2?
			A)	change princess to Princess
			B)	change uncle to Uncle
			C)	change nephew to Nephew
			D)	change prince to Prince
			E)	no correction is necessary
8		Sentence 3: Victoria married Albert, and raised a large family. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	married Albert, and raised
			B)	married, Albert and raised
			C)	married Albert and raised,
			D)	married, Albert, and raised,
			E)	married Albert and raised

Questions 9 and 10 refer to the following consumer information.

Video on Vacation

       (1) Do you suffer from extreme fatigue from carrying enormous amounts of camera equipment along on your vacation? (2) You can save yourself from all that aggravation. (3) By buying a videocassette as a record of your trip. (4) The Smithsonian Institution has them, the National Park Service has them, and soon most major tourist attractions will have them. (5) Many tourists own video-playing devices, and theirs are the prime market for souvenir tapes of all descriptions.

9		Sentences 2 and 3: You can save yourself from all that aggravation. By buying a videocassette as a record of your trip. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of these sentences? If the original is the best way, choose option (1).
			A)	aggravation. By buying
			B)	aggravation. Buying
			C)	aggravation by buying
			D)	aggravation so buy
			E)	aggravation, and by buying
10		Sentence 5: Many tourists own video-playing devices, and theirs are the prime market for souvenir tapes of all descriptions. Which correction should be made to sentence 5?
			A)	change own to owned
			B)	remove the comma after devices
			C)	change theirs to they
			D)	change theirs to them
			E)	change are to were