Test Prep GED Section 2 Language Arts - Writing Exam Practice Questions (P. 4)
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Question #16
Yoga -
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(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 9 and 10: Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses. Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch.
Which correction should be made to the underlined portion of sentences 9 and 10?
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 9 and 10: Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses. Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch.
Which correction should be made to the underlined portion of sentences 9 and 10?
- AChange the period to a comma.
- BChange the period to a semicolon.
- CChange the period to a comma and add so.
- DDelete the period.
- ENo correction is necessary
Correct Answer:
A
Sentence 10 is an incomplete thought (sentence fragment) and must be connected to sentence 9. A semicolon can only be placed between two independent clauses (complete thoughts), so choice b is incorrect. Choice c is incorrect because so and thereby together create an awkward transition between sentences, and so does not convey the correct relationship between sentences. Choice d is incorrect because sentence 10 is "unnecessary" information and should be set off by commas. Choice e is incorrect because the sentence fragment must be corrected.
A
Sentence 10 is an incomplete thought (sentence fragment) and must be connected to sentence 9. A semicolon can only be placed between two independent clauses (complete thoughts), so choice b is incorrect. Choice c is incorrect because so and thereby together create an awkward transition between sentences, and so does not convey the correct relationship between sentences. Choice d is incorrect because sentence 10 is "unnecessary" information and should be set off by commas. Choice e is incorrect because the sentence fragment must be corrected.
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Question #17
Yoga -
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 11: The steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes. Which correction should be made to sentence 11?
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 11: The steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes. Which correction should be made to sentence 11?
- ADelete both.
- BChange you’re to your.
- CInsert a comma after breath and body.
- DMove of breath to follow body.
- ENo correction is necessary.
Correct Answer:
B
Youre is a contraction of you are; the sentence requires the possessive your. Both could be deleted, but keeping it in the sentence is not an error, so choice a is incorrect. Choice c is incorrect because through your body is a prepositional phrase necessary for the meaning of the sentence, so it should not be set off by commas. Choice d creates an awkward word order by moving breath farther away from circulation, so it is incorrect. Choice e is incorrect because youre must be corrected.
B
Youre is a contraction of you are; the sentence requires the possessive your. Both could be deleted, but keeping it in the sentence is not an error, so choice a is incorrect. Choice c is incorrect because through your body is a prepositional phrase necessary for the meaning of the sentence, so it should not be set off by commas. Choice d creates an awkward word order by moving breath farther away from circulation, so it is incorrect. Choice e is incorrect because youre must be corrected.
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Question #18
Yoga -
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 12 and 13: Sentences 12 and 13: I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. I have been practicing yoga for only one year.
Which is the most effective combination of sentences 12 and 13?
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 12 and 13: Sentences 12 and 13: I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. I have been practicing yoga for only one year.
Which is the most effective combination of sentences 12 and 13?
- AI am still relatively new to yoga, the practice of which I have been doing for only one year.
- BI am still relatively new to the practice of yoga, of which I have only been practicing for one year.
- CI am still relatively new to yoga, which I have been practicing for only one year.
- DI have only been practicing yoga for one year, which means I am still relatively new to the practice.
- EBecause I am still relatively new to yoga, I have only been practicing for one year.
Correct Answer:
C
This is the most concise and correct choice. Choice a contains an awkward and wordy phrase, the practice of which I have been doing. Choice b is also awkward and wordy, repeating practice and using an unnecessary of before which. Choice d is grammatically correct but reverses the order of ideas, and is also wordy with the repetition of practice. Choice e is incorrect because it is a run-on sentence; because makes the first clause dependent.
C
This is the most concise and correct choice. Choice a contains an awkward and wordy phrase, the practice of which I have been doing. Choice b is also awkward and wordy, repeating practice and using an unnecessary of before which. Choice d is grammatically correct but reverses the order of ideas, and is also wordy with the repetition of practice. Choice e is incorrect because it is a run-on sentence; because makes the first clause dependent.
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Question #19
Yoga -
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 14: I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice.
The most effective revision of sentence 14 would begin with which word or phrase?
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 14: I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice.
The most effective revision of sentence 14 would begin with which word or phrase?
- ASince
- BSurprisingly,
- CIn the end,
- DSimilarly,
- EHowever,
Correct Answer:
E
Sentence 14 offers a contrast to the information in sentence 13, so however is the best transition between the sentences. Choice a is incorrect because since is a subordinating conjunction and makes sentence 14 a fragment. Choice b is incorrect because it does not fit the context of the paragraph or passage. Choice c is incorrect for the same reason. Choice d is incorrect because sentence 14 does not offer an idea similar to the one in sentence 13.
E
Sentence 14 offers a contrast to the information in sentence 13, so however is the best transition between the sentences. Choice a is incorrect because since is a subordinating conjunction and makes sentence 14 a fragment. Choice b is incorrect because it does not fit the context of the paragraph or passage. Choice c is incorrect for the same reason. Choice d is incorrect because sentence 14 does not offer an idea similar to the one in sentence 13.
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Question #20
Yoga -
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 15: Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 15? If the original is the best way, chose option a.
A -
(1) One of todays hottest fads is also one of the worlds oldest practices the ancient art of yoga. (2) Yoga is different from other fitness activities because it is not only physical. (3) In the correct form, yoga is a practice of unification: an emotional, spiritual, and physical exercise.
B -
(4) A simple sitting pose such as staff pose, for example, requiring that you to tighten and lengthen stomach, back, and arm muscles as you stretch your legs out in front of you and place your hands by your side. (5) More difficult poses, such as brave warrior, require you to balance on one leg and hold a pose that strengthens leg, back, and stomach muscles. (6) Though they may seem easy to those who have never practiced, yoga poses require great concentration, and they are surprisingly effective in stretching and strengthening muscles.
C -
(7) While yoga tones and strengthens the body, it also tones and strengthens the mind. (8) Many poses can be only held if you are completely focused on the task, and full benefit of the poses are coming only through proper breathing. (9) Concentrated, deep breathing during yoga helps you extend more fully into the poses.
(10) Thereby gaining greater benefit from the stretch. (11) And the steady circulation of breath through youre body both calms and energizes.
D -
(12) I am still relatively new to the practice of yoga. (13) I have been practicing yoga for only one year. (14) I am addicted to yoga unlike any other physical activity because it is also a spiritual practice. (15) Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots. (16) The physical release is also a spiritual release. (17) I feel calm after doing yoga, reconnected to my body, and reconnected to my inner self.
Sentences 15: Through yoga, I am able to release tensions that lodge in various parts of my body: the tight shoulders, the cramped legs, the belly that is in knots.
Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 15? If the original is the best way, chose option a.
- Athe belly that is in knots
- Bthe belly with knots
- Cthe knots in the belly
- Dthe knotted belly
- Ethe belly having knots
Correct Answer:
D
Choice d gives the sentence parallel structure; the other items in the list follow the adjective, noun pattern of the knotted belly. Choices a, b, c, and e are all incorrect because they do not correct the lack of parallel structure.
D
Choice d gives the sentence parallel structure; the other items in the list follow the adjective, noun pattern of the knotted belly. Choices a, b, c, and e are all incorrect because they do not correct the lack of parallel structure.
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