TSA WRITING SKILLS EXAM SCRIPT WITH
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Independent Clause
Answer: expresses the main thought of the sentence and can stand alone
●● Example of an independent clause
Answer: She laughed.
●● Dependent clause
Answer: expresses an idea that is less important than the idea expressed
in the main clause and cannot stand alone
●● Example of a dependent clause
Answer: As she was laughing...
●● Restrictive phrase
Answer: provides information that is necessary to identify specifically
what is being described
-not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas
●● Example of a restrictive phrase
,Answer: The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large
●● Nonrestrictive phrases
Answer: provides information that is incidental to the meaning of the
sentence
-are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas
●● Example of a nonrestrictive phrase
Answer: The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large
●● Verb
Answer: a word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being
●● Verb Voice
Answer: shows whether the subject performs an action (active voice) or
receives it (passive voice)
●● Active voice example
Answer: the consultant wrote a proposal
●● Passive voice example
Answer: the proposal was written by the consultant
, ●● Verb Tense
Answer: the tense of a verb shows the time of the action of the verb
●● Present tense
Answer: represents action that is taking place now
●● Past tense
Answer: represents action that took place in past time
●● Future tense
Answer: places action in future time
●● Present perfect tense
Answer: represents action completed before the present time
●● Past perfect tense
Answer: represents action that occurs before another past action
●● Present tense examples
Answer: active voice- she takes; she is taking
passive voice- she is taken; she is being taken
VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● Independent Clause
Answer: expresses the main thought of the sentence and can stand alone
●● Example of an independent clause
Answer: She laughed.
●● Dependent clause
Answer: expresses an idea that is less important than the idea expressed
in the main clause and cannot stand alone
●● Example of a dependent clause
Answer: As she was laughing...
●● Restrictive phrase
Answer: provides information that is necessary to identify specifically
what is being described
-not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas
●● Example of a restrictive phrase
,Answer: The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large
●● Nonrestrictive phrases
Answer: provides information that is incidental to the meaning of the
sentence
-are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas
●● Example of a nonrestrictive phrase
Answer: The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large
●● Verb
Answer: a word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being
●● Verb Voice
Answer: shows whether the subject performs an action (active voice) or
receives it (passive voice)
●● Active voice example
Answer: the consultant wrote a proposal
●● Passive voice example
Answer: the proposal was written by the consultant
, ●● Verb Tense
Answer: the tense of a verb shows the time of the action of the verb
●● Present tense
Answer: represents action that is taking place now
●● Past tense
Answer: represents action that took place in past time
●● Future tense
Answer: places action in future time
●● Present perfect tense
Answer: represents action completed before the present time
●● Past perfect tense
Answer: represents action that occurs before another past action
●● Present tense examples
Answer: active voice- she takes; she is taking
passive voice- she is taken; she is being taken
