This GED Language Arts Study Guide explains how to prepare for the GED Language Arts Test. We publish 14 free Language Arts lessons to help you get started with your GED prep.
Every lesson comes with video instruction, text, and a short practice test.
Onsego GED Prep
Pass the GED Test in 2 Months
Learn Just 1 Hour a Day.
It doesn’t matter when you left school.
These lessons are created by Onsego, certified “Fully GED Test-Aligned” by GED Testing Service.
Our free lessons help you understand key Language Arts concepts and discover if online learning works for you.
The GED Language Arts test includes reading comprehension, grammar, and writing an essay. Our free lessons cover essential skills you need to pass.
Online GED Classes
A simple and easy way of getting your GED diploma.
GED Language Arts Study Guide – GED Language Arts Online Lessons
- Subject and Verb Agreement
- Apostrophes
- Comma rules
- Punctuation
- How to summarize
- Evidence
- Evidence and Conclusions
- Point of view, and Purpose
- Tone and Mode
- 5 Text Structures
- Transitional Words And Phrases
- Essay Writing Process
- How to Write a GED Essay: Topics, Samples, and Tips
- Take the free GED Language Arts practice test.
These 16 free lessons are part of the Onsego Language Arts course, which includes 85 lessons with quizzes, 15 practice tests, flashcards, and cheat sheets. You can get it here.
What to study for GED Language Arts?
The GED Reasoning through Language Arts (RLA) test measures your reading and writing skills.
These are skills you’ll be using throughout your life when communicating. You are given 150 minutes, so 2.5 hours, to complete this longest section of the 4-test GED exam.
There are two parts in the GED RLA subtest that include, in total, 46 questions.
You’ll need to answer questions about given texts to assess your skills in writing, reading, and analytical reasoning.
You’ll also have to review written texts and select words and phrases to make sentences and expressions correct regarding grammar and language use.
You’ll also have to produce your essay (extended response) based on a prompt. You’ll have to read one or two passages about some contemporary issue or read a passage that has a visual element (e.g., a graphic), and write your 5-paragraph essay to measure your writing skills.
After a 10-minute break, the second part of the RLA exam starts. This section includes only questions about correct language use and reading comprehension.
How long is the GED Language Arts Test?
The GED Reasoning through Language Arts (RLA) subtest is, in total, 2.5 hours long. There are two parts, separated by a small, 10-minute break.
The first part takes 45 minutes, during which you have to write your essay. In total, on the GED RLA test, there’ll be about 46 to 53 questions. You’ll have to answer questions related to single passages and paired passages to assess your reading and analytical thinking skills.
You’ll have to review written passages and select phrases and words so that the product is written in grammatically and textually correct English. Our RLA GED study guide provides the support you deserve.
How many questions can you miss on the Language Arts Test?
As said earlier, there are around 46 to 53 questions on the GED Reasoning through Language Arts (RLA) Test covering three main categories: Reading, Writing, and Grammar.
The number of questions that you must answer correctly to attain a passing score (145) will depend on your essay score.
The higher your essay score, the fewer correct answers you require, and to compensate for a low essay score, you’ll have to answer more questions correctly.
In general, though, we can say that you need to have between 32 and 42 questions correct to pass the GED RLA test.
Last Updated on January 4, 2026.