GED Language Arts Grammar and Usage Summary

The cart's usual spot belongs to the cart, so the possessive "its" is correct. Test it: "return the cart to it is usual spot" makes no sense, so "it's" is wrong.

Wrong choices

• "its'": "Its'" is never a correct English word.
• "it's": "It's" means "it is" or "it has."
• "it is": "It is usual spot" does not make sense.

The sentence needs "they are going to finish." The contraction for "they are" is "they're."

Wrong choices

• "there": "There" points to a place or begins a sentence, as in "There is a meeting."
• "theirs": "Theirs" means "belonging to them" and cannot stand for "they are."
• "their": "Their" shows ownership, as in "their trucks."

The subject is "list," which is singular. The phrase "of safety rules" only describes the list. A singular subject takes "is."

Wrong choices

• "are": "Are" would agree with "rules," but "rules" is not the subject.
• "were": "Were" is plural and also changes the tense to past.
• "have been": "Have been" is plural; the singular subject "list" needs "has been."

After "will," the sentence needs a base-form verb meaning "to influence." That word is "affect."

Wrong choices

• "effecting": After "will," an -ing form does not fit, and "effect" is the wrong word.
• "affects": After "will," the verb takes its base form, so the -s ending is wrong.
• "effect": "Effect" is usually a noun meaning a result, as in "the effect of the change."

Remove "Jordan and": "Ms. Patel asked me to set up the meeting room." "Me" is the object of "asked," so it is correct.

Wrong choices

• "myself": "Myself" is used only when the subject does something to itself, as in "I hurt myself."
• "mine": "Mine" shows ownership and does not fit after "asked."
• "I": "Ms. Patel asked I" is wrong; "I" is used as a subject.

"Drivers" is plural, and the licenses belong to them. The plural possessive pronoun is "their."

Wrong choices

• "there": "There" points to a place and does not show ownership.
• "they're": "They're" means "they are," which makes no sense before "licenses."
• "his": "His" refers to one male person, but "drivers" is plural.

The clue "before it went live" shows the testing happened in the past. The past tense "tested" fits.

Wrong choices

• "tests": "Tests" is present tense, but the time clue is past.
• "is testing": "Is testing" is happening now, which does not match "went."
• "will test": "Will test" is future tense, but the event already happened.

With "neither ... nor," the verb agrees with the subject closest to it. The nearer subject is "assistants," which is plural, so the verb is "were."

Wrong choices

• "was": "Was" would agree with "manager," but "manager" is not the nearer subject.
• "has been": "Has been" is singular and does not agree with "assistants."
• "is": "Is" is singular and also present tense.

The subject is "One," not "boxes" or "shipments." Both phrases between the subject and the verb are only descriptions. "One ... was damaged" is correct.

Wrong choices

• "are": "Are" is plural and changes the tense to present.
• "have been": "Have been" is plural; a singular subject needs "has been."
• "were": "Were" agrees with "boxes" or "shipments," which are not the subject.

Remove "Mr. Lee or": "Please send the forms to me." After the word "to," use the object pronoun "me."

Wrong choices

• "we": "We" is a subject pronoun; after "to," the object form "us" would be needed.
• "myself": "Myself" needs a matching subject earlier in the sentence (such as "I"), and there is none.
• "I": "To I" is wrong; "I" is a subject pronoun.