GED Exam Prep: Writing - Question List

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16.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

"The oil embargo caused the most resentment, among the Japanese, because Japan did not have any oil of its own. Japan wanted freedom from its dependency on the United States."

  1. resentment, among the Japanese, because
  2. resentment among the Japanese, because
  3. resentment among the Japanese; because
  4. resentment among the Japanese because
17.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

"The North Vietnamese and supportive rebel communists in South Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started fighting."

  1. Vietnam, called the Viet Cong, started
  2. Vietnam; called the Viet Congstarted
  3. Vietnam: called the Viet Cong, started
  4. Vietnam called the Viet Cong - started
18.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

"France colonized the country Vietnam in the mid-19th century."

  1. the country Vietnam
  2. Vietnam
  3. the country, Vietnam
  4. Vietnam,
19.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

"Despite the support of the United States, the Vietnamese was able to defeat France in 1954."

  1. was
  2. were
  3. where
  4. will
20.

Choose the answer which best rewords the italicized portion. If you think the original wording is best, choose option A.

"In 1969, the United Nations reported that there was a possibility of large oil reserves in the East China Sea near the islands location."

  1. islands
  2. islands’
  3. islands’s
  4. island’s

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