Overview
Official information regarding the Reasoning Through Language Arts test is at GED.com.
The Reasoning Through Language Arts test runs 150 minutes for approximately 45 to 50 questions and is given as follows:
Section I
• 35 minutes
• content: reading and language
Section II
• 45 minutes
• content: extended response (essay)
• “scratch paper” in the form of a marker with a wipe-off board provided
Break
• 10 minutes
Section III
• 60 minutes
• content: reading and language
A passing score is 145 (out of 200).
A reading passage is several paragraphs of reading material. Not surprisingly, the Reasoning Through Language Arts test places a lot of emphasis on comprehension of reading passages. Your ability to understand what you have been given to read is more important for answering questions than tapping into an encyclopedic memory.
Some questions unrelated to reading passages are set aside for testing language proficiency, including grammar.
Reasoning Through Language Arts also tests for the ability to integrate reading and writing by way of a 45-minute Extended Response.
Topics
Toolbox
• reading skills practice – southwestabe.org
• study guide – english
• study guide – spanish
• Sample Test
• GED Ready Test
• Facts and Figures
• See Study Materials for more.
Reading
• Three Key Questions
• Main Idea
• Detail
• Inference
• Context
• How to Follow a Reading Passage
• Reading Passage Practice – Missing Devices
• Reading Passage Practice – Great Expectations
• Reading Passage Practice – Elder Abuse
Language
• Grammar
• Sentence Structure
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Verb-Verb Agreement
• Pronouns
• Dangling Modifiers
• Confusing Words
Extended Response
• Extended Response: Example 1
• Extended Response: Example 2
Reasoning Through Language Arts Practice Tests
• Sample Test (ged.com)
• GED Ready Test (ged.com)
• Extra RLA Questions
• Extra RLA Answers