The profiles for the GED curriculum supplement indicate performance levels for beginners, intermediate students, and GED writers.

Beginner

The beginner writer will identify and correct basic errors in mechanics, usage and sentence structure. These may include:

• contractions
• simple subject-verb agreement
• sentence fragments
• simple verb tense
• run-ons

Intermediate

The intermediate writer will identify and correct more complex errors. These may include:

• capitalizing months
• possessives
• present perfect and post progressive tenses
• comma splices

GED Writer

• punctuation of dependent and independent clauses
• errors in pronoun usage
• parallel structure

Writers at all levels will need to recognize sentences that are error free. Learners will be able to revise and edit pieces of writing using the conventions of standard written English, including mechanics, usage, and sentence structure, and choose alternative ways of expressing similar ideas.