Usage Errors Study Guide: Pre-GED Language Arts, Writing The
practice quiz for this study guide can be found at: This article
will help you to recognize correct usage of verbs and pronouns,
and correct errors in subject-verb agreement, verb tense, and
pronoun reference. On the writing portion of the GED, 30 percent
of the questions address usage errors. You will be expected to
recognize correct grammar and make revisions to errors in
subject-verb agreement, verb tense, and pronoun reference. As
you already know, every sentence has a subject and a verb. The
subject tells who or what the sentence is about; the verb tells
who/what the subject is or does. Pronouns are words that take
the place of a noun. Consider the following sentences: Rinaldo
watched a movie on TV. During commercials, Rinaldo folded
laundry. These sentences are about Rinaldo, so he is the
subject. Watched and folded tell what he did, so these are the
verbs. Rinaldo watched a movie on TV. During commercials, he
folded laundry. Notice that in th