English and Language Use

Question 1

i before c exceptions

Answer 1

Except after c
Sounds like “a”

Question 2

Common i before e exceptions

Answer 2

Leisure
Caffeine
Freight
Achieve

Question 3

What is an object complement?

Answer 3

It describes an object not like an adjective. For example: my Subaru OUTBACK

Question 4

What is an affix?

Answer 4

Either a prefix or a suffix

Question 5

Tenous

Answer 5

Weak or slight

Question 6

Homophone

Answer 6

Same sound
Different Spelling
Meat and Meet

Question 7

Heteronym

Answer 7

Also known as a heterophone
Pronounced differently and have different meanings but are spelled the same

Question 8

Homonym

Answer 8

Sound Same
Spelled Same
Mean Different
Bear and Bear
Right and Right

Question 9

What constitutes a simple sentence?

Answer 9

An independent clause

Question 10

Homographs

Answer 10

Look same, said different, different things

Question 11

“I don’t know.” he said.

What’s wrong here?

Answer 11

No periods in quotations if there’s more that follows

Question 12

Explain what a conjunction is and why it matters for the TEAS VII examination?

Answer 12

a word that links clauses
A comma is required before the word
Can’t have the word AND a semicolon(one or the other)

Question 13

What is an adverb

Answer 13

A part of speech that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb