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Contemporary's GED Language Arts, Writing
Ellen Carley Frechette
Tim Collins


GED Score Conversion Chart

To see if you are ready for the actual GED Language Arts, Writing Test, use the conversion chart below to determine your GED score. Count the number of questions you answered correctly on Part I of the test and find that number in the left-hand column. Then find your GED essay score across the top of the chart. Read across and down to find the combined GED standard score. Remember that you must score 2 or above on the essay to pass the Language Arts, Writing Test.

Correct Answers

Averaged Essay Score

22.533.54
25630670710750800
24550590630660720
23500540580610660
22480520550590650
21470500540570630
20460490530560620
19450480520550610
18440470510550600
17430460500540590
16420460490530590
15410450490520580
14400450480520570
13400440480510570
12390440470510560
11390430470500560
10380430460500550
9380420450490550
8370410440490540
7370400440480530
6360390430470530
5350380420460520
4340370410450500
3310350380410460
2260300330370410
1220260300340380

The minimum score requirement for the Language Arts, Writing Test is 410. A standard score that is at or below the minimum indicates that more study is needed before taking the Language Arts, Writing Test.

Use the following chart to determine the areas you need to review before taking the test. Make note of any items you answered incorrectly and find them in the chart. Pay particular attention to areas where you missed half or more of the questions. For those questions that you missed, review the indicated skill pages in Contemporary's GED Language Arts, Writing.

Content Area

Item Number

ORGANIZATION
Topic Sentences
(see pages 115–119)
20
Unity/Coherence
(see pages 127–133)
10, 13
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Complete Sentences, Fragments, and Sentence Combining
(see pages 19–24, 83–104)
15
Run-on Sentences/Comma Splices
(see pages 86–88, 96)
5, 8
Wordiness/Repetition
(see pages 97, 98, 103, 104)
17
Coordination/Subordination
(see pages 83, 84, 89–98)
19, 23
Parallelism
(see pages 154–156)
1
USAGE
Subject-Verb Agreement
(see pages 51–59, 62–73)
2, 9, 14, 21
Verb Tense/Form
(see pages 51–61, 101, 102)
18, 24
Pronoun Reference/Antecedent Agreement
(see pages 38–42, 157–165)
6, 11, 16
MECHANICS
Capitalization
(see pages 29, 34, 35, 177, 178)
3, 12
Punctuation (commas)
(see pages 31, 87, 93, 96, 183–185)
4, 7, 25
Spelling (possessives, contractions, and homonyms)
(see pages 43, 179–182)
22