Free PERT Writing Exam Prep

Standard English conventions including subject-verb agreement, pronoun case, pronoun-antecedent agreement, verb tense consistency, adjective/adverb distinctions, capitalization, and commonly confused words.

Identifying and correcting sentence fragments, run-ons, comma splices, dangling and misplaced modifiers, parallel structure errors, and faulty comparisons.

Correct use of commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes (possessives and contractions), dashes, and hyphens in compound modifiers.

Paragraph unity, topic sentences, concluding sentences, logical sentence order, and selecting transitions that match the relationship between ideas (additive, contrast, cause-effect).

Choosing precise, appropriate vocabulary; distinguishing homophones and commonly confused words; identifying redundancy; matching tone and register to context.

Evaluating the effectiveness of writing choices including conciseness, active vs. passive voice, thesis quality, evidence strength, tone appropriateness, and argument development.