Table of Contents

PART I: EDITING

• Parts of a Sentence
• Identifying the Subject and Predicate
• Simple Subjects and Verbs
• Action versus Linking Verbs
• Commands, Questions, and Here or There Statements
• Compound Subjects and Verbs
• Nouns
• Possessive Nouns
• Pronouns
• Pronoun Forms
• Pronouns in Compounds
• Editing Practice
• GED PRACTICE: Chapter Review
• Evaluate Your Progress

• Simple Tenses
• Continuing Tenses
• Perfect Tenses
• Irregular Verbs
• Using Consistent Verb Tenses
• Basic Subject-Verb Agreement
• Compound Subjects
• Inverted Word Order
• Prepositional Phrases and Other Interrupters
• Indefinite Pronouns
• Editing Practice
• GED PRACTICE: Chapter Review
• GED PRACTICE: Cumulative Review

• Compound Sentences
• Run-on Sentences
• Complex Sentences
• Dependent Clauses in a Paragraph
• Rewriting Sentences
• Sentence Construction on the GED Test
• Sequence of Tenses
• Effective Revisions
• Editing Practice
• GED PRACTICE: Chapter Review
• GED PRACTICE: Cumulative Review

• Effective Paragraphs
• Inserting a Topic Sentence
• Dividing Paragraphs
• Rearranging Sentences and Combining Paragraphs
• Deleting Sentences
• Tone and Diction
• Effective Revisions
• Editing Practice
• GED PRACTICE: Chapter Review
• GED PRACTICE: Cumulative Review
• Evaluate Your Progress

• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Modifying Phrases
• Misplaced Modifiers
• Dangling Modifiers
• Renaming Phrases
• Using Parallel Structure
• Unclear Pronouns
• Agreement in Number
• Agreement in Person
• Editing Practice
• GED PRACTICE: Chapter Review
• GED PRACTICE: Cumulative Review

• Capitalization Review
• Spelling Homonyms
• Comma Review
• Editing Practice
• GED PRACTICE: Chapter Review
• GED PRACTICE: Cumulative Review
• Evaluate Your Progress

• What Will the Test Be Like?
• Know the Common Errors
• Organization Errors
• Understand the Question Types
• Look at the Whole Passage
• Answer All Fifty Questions

PART II: THE ESSAY

• What the GED Essay Is Like
• How This Section Will Help You
• The Writing Process
• The Five-Paragraph Essay
• Using the GED Essay Scoring Guide to Improve Your Work

• Analyzing the GED Essay Question
• Choosing Your Main Idea
• Thinking of Ideas and Supporting Details
• GED PRACTICE: Writing a GED Essay

• Deciding on a Pattern of Organization
• Arranging Your Ideas
• Making Sure All Your Ideas Are About the Main Idea
• Making Sure You Have Enough Ideas
• GED PRACTICE: Writing a GED Essay

• Writing Paragraphs
• Writing the Introductory Paragraph
• Writing the Body Paragraphs
• Writing the Concluding Paragraph
• GED PRACTICE: Writing a GED Essay

• Rating Your GED Essay
• Revising the Organization and Content
• Checking for Edited American English
• GED PRACTICE: Writing a GED Essay

• The Five-Paragraph Essay
• The Writing Process
• Following the Steps in 45 Minutes
• GED PRACTICE: Writing a GED Essay