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GED RLA VOCABULARY--GRAMMAR/WRITING MECHANICS
EXAM QUESTIONS
Qs and Ans - Expert- Explanation - ing score -15 Questions and Answers
-Format: Multiple-choice / Flashcard
Question 1: possessive
Answer:
shows ownership. Use apostrophes with possessive nouns, NO apostrophes with possessive pronouns.ex. Daniel's job, his job
Question 2: collective noun
Answer:
a noun that represents a group of people or things, ex. army, family, crowd. Even though the noun represents a group, the noun itself is usually singular
Question 3: subject pronoun
Answer:
replaces the subject of a sentence. ex. Steven called home. HE was very worried.
Question 4: object pronoun
Answer:
replaces the object of a verb or preposition, ex. His wife called Steven. She asked HIM what the problem was.
Question 5: antecedent
Answer:
noun that a pronoun refers to. Ex. Andy's company is large. It is bigger than my company. "company" is the antecedent of the pronoun "it".
Question 6: pronoun
Answer:
word that replaces a noun, ex. I, you, he, she, it, they
Question 7: possessive pronoun
Answer:
replaces a possessive noun, ex. Steven needed Kelly's number. He called 411 to get HER number.
Question 8: irregular verb
Answer:
verb that does not follow a regular pattern, ex. I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are, you are, they are
Question 9: indefinite pronoun
Answer:
pronoun not referring to a specific person, ex. anyone, someone, few, all, none, most
Question 10: contraction
Answer:
shortens two words by combining them and leaving out one or more letters, ex. they're, here's . The apostrophe goes where the missing letters are, NOT where the words are joined. ex. don't (correct); do'nt (incorrect)
Question 11: homonym
Answer:
words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings, ex. to, too, two
Question 12: noun
Answer:
person, place, thing, or idea
Question 13: regular verb
Answer:
action or being word that follows a consistent pattern to create each verb form, ex. l look, you look, he/she/it looks, we look, you look, they look
Question 14: proper noun
Answer:
a specific person, place, thing, or idea, ex. Anne, Philadelphia. Should be capitalized.
Question 15: verb tense
Answer:
time frame for a verb, such as present tense, past tense
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