Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
______ open until six.Choices: Its / It’s
- One choice has an apostrophe. Read it as two words: It is open until six.
- That makes sense, so keep the apostrophe.
Answer: It’s open until six.
Example 2
The kids left ______ coats on the bus.Choices: there / their / they’re
- Try the apostrophe word as two words: left they are coats. No.
- There points to a place: left there coats. No.
- The coats belong to the kids: their.
Answer: The kids left their coats on the bus.
Where this is taught: Grammar: Start Here, Part 4: Words that are often confused
More practice: Quiz 41, Confused words · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 9, Lesson 4, “Homonyms”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.