GED Section 2 Language Arts - Writing

Review 56 GED-SECTION-2-LANGUAGE-ARTS-WRITING practice questions with answer explanations and community insights.

Question 1

Refer to the following meeting minutes and answer the question. Employee Advocate Committee - Minutes of Meeting Held: July 21, 2005 - In Attendance: Dakota Mills, Vice President - Rebecca Styles, Committee Chairperson Oliver Perez, Committee Secretary Brenda Oslowski - Michael Wen - Jamal Roberts - Absent: Anthony Wilkins - A - 1. Employee Lounge. (1)Brenda reported an increase in complaints about the employee lounge. (2)The complaints included: B - (3)Jamal suggested creating a survey to determine how to best redesign the lounge. (4)Rebecca suggested putting a suggestion box in the lounge. (5)The committee agreed that a survey would be more systematic and getting more input from employees. (6)Michael volunteered to create the survey that he will bring a draft of to the next meeting. (7)Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. (8)The need for more telephones was another complaint about the lounge that was discussed. C - 2. Employee Appreciation Day. (9)Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: D - (10)Brenda noted that the company could best show its appreciation by moving quickly improving the lounge. (11)The committee have agreed that the survey should be completed before Employee Appreciation Day. E - (13)The committee will reconvene next Thursday July 28 at 10 A.M. Sentence 2: The complaints include: Which revision should be made to this sentence?

  1. change the bulleted list to regular text
  2. replace malfunctioning with malfunction
  3. put the bulleted list items in alphabetical order
  4. change a refrigerator that is dirty to a dirty refrigerator
  5. replace insufficient locker space with not having enough locker space

Question 2

Refer to the following meeting minutes and answer the question. Employee Advocate Committee - Minutes of Meeting Held: July 21, 2005 - In Attendance: Dakota Mills,Vice President - Rebecca Styles, Committee Chairperson Oliver Perez, Committee Secretary Brenda Oslowski - Michael Wen - Jamal Roberts - Absent: Anthony Wilkins - A - 1. Employee Lounge. (1)Brenda reported an increase in complaints about the employee lounge. (2)The complaints included: B - (3)Jamal suggested creating a survey to determine how to best redesign the lounge. (4)Rebecca suggested putting a suggestion box in the lounge. (5)The committee agreed that a survey would be more systematic and getting more input from employees. (6)Michael volunteered to create the survey that he will bring a draft of to the next meeting. (7)Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. (8)The need for more telephones was another complaint about the lounge that was discussed. C - 2. Employee Appreciation Day. (9)Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: D - (10)Brenda noted that the company could best show its appreciation by moving quickly improving the lounge. (11)The committee have agreed that the survey should be completed before Employee Appreciation Day. E - (13)The committee will reconvene next Thursday July 28 at 10 A.M. Sentence 8: The need for more telephones was another complaint about the lounge that was discussed. The most effective revision of sentence 8 would involve

  1. moving sentence 8 to follow sentence 4.
  2. revising for parallel structure.
  3. deleting the sentence from the memo.
  4. turning sentence 8 into a bullet point for sentence 2.
  5. starting a new paragraph with sentence 8.

Question 3

Refer to the following meeting minutes and answer the question. Employee Advocate Committee - Minutes of Meeting Held: July 21, 2005 - In Attendance: Dakota Mills,Vice President - Rebecca Styles, Committee Chairperson Oliver Perez, Committee Secretary Brenda Oslowski - Michael Wen - Jamal Roberts - Absent: Anthony Wilkins - A - 1. Employee Lounge. (1)Brenda reported an increase in complaints about the employee lounge. (2)The complaints included: B - (3)Jamal suggested creating a survey to determine how to best redesign the lounge. (4)Rebecca suggested putting a suggestion box in the lounge. (5)The committee agreed that a survey would be more systematic and getting more input from employees. (6)Michael volunteered to create the survey that he will bring a draft of to the next meeting. (7)Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. (8)The need for more telephones was another complaint about the lounge that was discussed. C - 2. Employee Appreciation Day. (9)Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: D - (10)Brenda noted that the company could best show its appreciation by moving quickly improving the lounge. (11)The committee have agreed that the survey should be completed before Employee Appreciation Day. E - (13)The committee will reconvene next Thursday July 28 at 10 A.M. Sentence 9: Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of sentence 9?

  1. Day, for we
  2. Day, therefore we
  3. Day. We
  4. Day; and we
  5. Day we

Question 4

Refer to the following meeting minutes and answer the question. Employee Advocate Committee - Minutes of Meeting Held: July 21, 2005 - In Attendance: Dakota Mills,Vice President - Rebecca Styles, Committee Chairperson Oliver Perez, Committee Secretary Brenda Oslowski - Michael Wen - Jamal Roberts - Absent: Anthony Wilkins - A - 1. Employee Lounge. (1)Brenda reported an increase in complaints about the employee lounge. (2)The complaints included: B - (3)Jamal suggested creating a survey to determine how to best redesign the lounge. (4)Rebecca suggested putting a suggestion box in the lounge. (5)The committee agreed that a survey would be more systematic and getting more input from employees. (6)Michael volunteered to create the survey that he will bring a draft of to the next meeting. (7)Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. (8)The need for more telephones was another complaint about the lounge that was discusseD. C - 2. Employee Appreciation Day. (9)Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: D - (10)Brenda noted that the company could best show its appreciation by moving quickly improving the lounge. (11)The committee have agreed that the survey should be completed before Employee Appreciation Day. E - (13)The committee will reconvene next Thursday July 28 at 10 A.M. Sentence 9: Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: Which correction should be made to sentence 9?

  1. Insert commas after committee and time.
  2. Change the colon after including to a semicolon.
  3. Replace that with which.
  4. Change we to the committee.
  5. No correction is necessary.

Question 5

Refer to the following meeting minutes and answer the question. Employee Advocate Committee - Minutes of Meeting Held: July 21, 2005 - In Attendance: Dakota Mills,Vice President - Rebecca Styles, Committee Chairperson Oliver Perez, Committee Secretary Brenda Oslowski - Michael Wen - Jamal Roberts - Absent: Anthony Wilkins - A - 1. Employee Lounge. (1)Brenda reported an increase in complaints about the employee lounge. (2)The complaints included: B - (3)Jamal suggested creating a survey to determine how to best redesign the lounge. (4)Rebecca suggested putting a suggestion box in the lounge. (5)The committee agreed that a survey would be more systematic and getting more input from employees. (6)Michael volunteered to create the survey that he will bring a draft of to the next meeting. (7)Oliver volunteers to research the cost of a new microwave and refrigerator. (8)The need for more telephones was another complaint about the lounge that was discussed. C - 2. Employee Appreciation Day. (9)Rebecca reminded the committee that it was time to plan the annual Employee Appreciation Day, we brainstormed several ideas for Appreciation Day activities, including: D - (10)Brenda noted that the company could best show its appreciation by moving quickly improving the lounge. (11)The committee have agreed that the survey should be completed before Employee Appreciation Day. E - (13)The committee will reconvene next Thursday July 28 at 10 A.M. Sentence 10: Brenda noted that the company could best show its appreciation by moving quickly improving the lounge. Which correction should be made to sentence 10?

  1. Change noted to had noted.
  2. Replace improving with to improve.
  3. Change the company to The Company.
  4. Move quickly to follow by.
  5. No correction is necessary.
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