GED GED-Writing valid dump torrent : GED Language Arts - Writing (Essay Writing Exam)

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Ethnic Architecture
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• A. Here is a question that is not as silly as it sound:Have you ever wondered why houses are shaped the way they are? B.Bringing with them many different ideas about how to build a house, settlers from around the world have come to the United States for centuries.
  (B)
• B. replace whether with weather
• C. Many of us today take for granted certain features of a house and forget that someone had to invent them.D.The veranda, a covered porch that wraps around the front of many southern houses is probably an adaptation of overhanging roofs found all over the world.E.In addition to the veranda, the South is known for its cooking and its hospitality.(6) Long ago, home buildersresponded to hot, humid climates by making the cooling shade of a porch a common feature of houses in such places as West Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean area.
  (C)
  (7)
  For instance, French settlers in New Orleans tried to put the frames of their homes directly on the ground as they had done in France; however, the heat, humidity, and abundant rainfall caused the homes to rot within a few years.(8) The settlers learned a lesson by observing the West Indian Creoles, which built raised houses with many doors
  and windows to keep cool.
  (D)
  (9)
  Some settlers, like those from Germany, held on to their old building methods even though such methods were no longer necessary.(10) Because of a shortage of wood in some parts of Germany, builders had constructed half-timber houses; they used clay or brick to save wood.(11) When German immigrants settled in Wisconsin where wood was abundant, they still built their familiar half-timber homes.(12) European peasants and their animals once shared a shelter called a "house-barn," which allowed immediate care for the animals during harsh whether.(13) Today's covered breezeways serve a related purpose of protecting people who need to go to their"car barns,"or garages.
  (E)
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  No matter which country settlers started from, they brought home-building traditions.(15) Some they changed to adapt to their new land, some they abandoned,and some their descendants still use today. -- Exhibit -Sentence 1European peasants and their animals once shared a shelter called a "housebarn," which allowed immediate care for the animals during harsh whether. Which correction should be made to sentence 12?
• D. change peasants to Peasants
• E. replace their with there
• F. replace which with when
• G. replace and with because

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How to Bake a Sicilian Pizza at Home
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• A. replace your with you're
• B. change them to it
• C. 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 thebaking sheet onto the pizza stone.(12) Baking for about 15 minutes until the bottom is cooked and the edges are brown.
  (D)
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  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 9:Flatten one of the balls and stretch them with your hands into a circle. Which correction should be made to sentence 9?
• D. 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)
• E. replace one with won
• F. change Flatten to Having flattened
• G. change stretch to stretching
• H. 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)

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Sentences 15 and 16:Please reconsider your position.Support those of us who want to keep our town quiet and local merchants in business.
The most effective combination of sentences 15 and 16 would begin with which group of words?

• A. To support us, our town should be quiet
• B. Please reconsider your position and support
• C. Please reconsider your position but support
• D. Supporting us, your position would be reconsidered and
• E. Reconsidering your position and to support

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Sentence 7:Let us order them for you because at a discount you are a member.
Which correction should be made to sentence 7?

• A. no correction is necessary
• B. replace because with for
• C. insert a comma after discount
• D. replace because at a discount with at a discount because
• E. insert a comma after because

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Sentence Recently our department processed your income tax return for last year and determined that a refund of $6055.40 were owed to you.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence? If the original is the best way, choose optionA.

• A. will have been owed to you
• B. were owed to you
• C. should of been owed to you
• D. was owed to you
• E. you was owed