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Here is more GED reading practice…another practice question to help with your GED studying. The questions I’m using are from the Study Guide Zone, which has a big, long text, questions, and answers…what’s missing for me is the explanations of why the answers are really right…I mean, how do I know? How do I get [...]

Hola! I got another GED reading practice question for you, to help you study for your GED. You know, the important part is not just guessing the right answer, but figuring out the best way to get there. That’s why I always put an explanation of how to think through which answer is right… that’s [...]

Here’s another GED Practice Question for you! With the answer explained…

Here’s another GED reading practice question from the Study Guide Zone. Go look at the site to read the passage first if you want, or just look at my explanation of how to answer. Here’s the practice question…
3. Which word best describes the British attitude to the Second Continental Congress?
A: pleased
B: indifferent
C: [...]

For the GED, it’s important not just to take practice questions, but to think about how to answer GED questions. That’s why I’m taking some GED practice questions in reading from this site: http://www.studyguidezone.com/ged_reading.htm, and explaining how I thought them through to come up with the answers.

Hey there… a great way to study for the GED test is to take practice questions, right? The problem with GED practice questions, is sometimes you take them, and then you don’t understand the answers. You only get better if you learn the answers, and how to get them.

Last time, I gave you a GED practice question about a poem. What did you think? It’ll help you a lot to try to answer the GED question yourself first, and then look at the answer the next week. So I hope you tried this GED test question:

¡Hola! How’s the GED studying? You know, I kind of always thought poetry was pointless, but now I’m looking at it for the GED test, and I like some of it. This poem we went over, kind of reminds me of my mom, how she’s always there for me, always solid, you know. I guess [...]

How do you get the answer to a question out of a big, long text, without spending a lot of time reading every word? It’s called skimming and scanning. The short definition: running your eyes quickly over words to find information.

The GED means a lot of reading! You need to read passages about science and social science, plus the reading section. So it helps to be able to get the information you need fast. That’s where “skimming” and “scanning” come in. They’re both ways to get information when you’re reading.