TEAS English and Language section

Question 1

Exceptions for I before e

Answer 1

Caffeine neither, weird

Question 2

Rules for I before e

Answer 2

I comes before e except after or when sounding like a

Question 3

Drop e when

Answer 3

Adding a suffix if it begins with a vowel

Question 4

Drop the e exceptions

Answer 4

Duly, peaceable truly

Question 5

Double final consonant

Answer 5

when adding a suffix to a root that ends in a single consonant, double the consonant
if a single vowel precedes the consonant and the consonant ends an accented syllable or one-syllable word.

Question 6

Do not double consonant

Answer 6

looping, lighted, visit

Question 7

Exceptions to doubling final consonant

Answer 7

traveling/ travelling, canceled/ cancelled

Question 8

words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z

Answer 8

add -es to end

Question 9

words ending in -f or -fe

Answer 9

change f to v and add -es

Question 10

exceptions to plurals

Answer 10

proofs (proof + s), roofs (roof + s), chiefs (chief + s)

Question 11

homophones

Answer 11

words spelt differently, but make same noise

Question 12

homographs

Answer 12

words spelt same with different meanings

Question 13

simple sentence

Answer 13

has one independent clause

subject, predicate, verb, and modifiers

Question 14

compound sentence

Answer 14

2 independent clauses

has coordinating conjunction

Question 15

Change y to i

Answer 15

add suffix to word ending in y preceded by a consonant, unless suffix begins with i

Question 16

consonant before y

Answer 16

change y to i

Question 17

vowel before y

Answer 17

keep y

Question 18

suffix begins with i

Answer 18

keep y

Question 19

Exceptions to change y to i

Answer 19

memorize (memory + ize), daily (day + ly)

Question 20

simple plurals

Answer 20

add just an s to end

Question 21

complex sentence

Answer 21

independent clause and dependent clause with a subordinating conjunction

Question 22

compound complex

Answer 22

2 x independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clause

Question 23

predicate

Answer 23

explains what subject does/ is like

Question 24

progressive tense

Answer 24

incomplete/currently happening

Question 25

perfect tense

Answer 25

completed

Question 26

formal language style

Answer 26

longer sentences, 3rd person (who, what, where, when, why, how)

Question 27

formal language tone

Answer 27

serious and neutral

Question 28

formal language register

Answer 28

formal vocab

Question 29

informal language style

Answer 29

first/second person

Question 30

informal language tone

Answer 30

ironic, satirical, humerous

Question 31

informal language register

Answer 31

slang, colloquialisms

Question 32

when to use hyphenations

Answer 32

before proper noun/adjective self-, ex-, and all- when it adds clarity

Question 33

a-

Answer 33

not

Question 34

anti-

Answer 34

against/opposite

Question 35

dys-

Answer 35

ill, bad

Question 36

hyper-

Answer 36

a lot, too much

Question 37

hypo-

Answer 37

a little, not enough

Question 38

inter-

Answer 38

between, among

Question 39

intra-

Answer 39

within

Question 40

mid-

Answer 40

middle

Question 41

pre-

Answer 41

before

Question 42

non-

Answer 42

not

Question 43

sub-

Answer 43

under, below

Question 44

super-

Answer 44

above, beyond

Question 45

supra-

Answer 45

above

Question 46

un-

Answer 46

not

Question 47

-s, -es, -it’s

Answer 47

Plurals

Question 48

-Ed

Answer 48

Last tense

Question 49

-ing

Answer 49

Progressive/continuous

Question 50

-er

Answer 50

Comparative

Question 51

-ate

Answer 51

Superlative

Question 52

-tion, -ation

Answer 52

Indicating an acting, state, or condition

Question 53

-ful

Answer 53

Full of

Question 54

-ic

Answer 54

Having the characteristic of

Question 55

-less

Answer 55

Without

Question 56

-ness

Answer 56

Indicating state, condition, or quality

Question 57

-logy, -ology

Answer 57

Branch of knowledge or science

Question 58

-ous

Answer 58

Full of

Question 59

-ise-ize

Answer 59

Changes noun to verb

Question 60

-ly

Answer 60

Changes adjective to verb

Question 61

-ly

Answer 61

Changes adjective to adverb

Question 62

-able, -ible

Answer 62

Changes verb to adjective

Question 63

-like

Answer 63

Changes noun to adjective

Question 64

-ist

Answer 64

Class-maintaining, retained in a noun

Question 65

Noun

Answer 65

A person, place, thing, or idea

Question 66

Pronoun

Answer 66

A word that takes place of noun

Question 67

Verb

Answer 67

An action word

Question 68

Adjective

Answer 68

A word that describes a noun

Question 69

Adverb

Answer 69

A word that modified a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 70

Preposition

Answer 70

A word that shows the relationship to a noun or pronoun to another word

Question 71

Conjunction

Answer 71

A word that joins two phrases or sentences

Question 72

Interjections

Answer 72

A word that expresses emotion