ATI TEAS 6 English and Reading (Study Guide) With
Practice Questions For TEAS Test Preparation
Homograph - Word spelled the same but have different meanings (bat, bow)
Homophone - Words pronounced the same but have different meanings
Colon - Used in introduction of a quote or list, ratio, and time; must come after an independent
clause
Comma - Before "and", after an introductory phrase,in a simple series of items
Adverb - Word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb: when?
Where? How? Why?
Article - Words (a and an) that refer to nouns
Complement - Sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object
Conjunction - A connecting word
Dependent Clause - A group of words that include a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a
complete sentence
(Does not share a complete thought)
Independent Clause - A group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as
a complete sentence
(Shares a complete thought)
Indirect Object - The person or thing to whom or which something is done
, Interjection - Words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotion
Modifier - A word or group of words that provides description for another word
Object - A word or group of words that receive the action of the verb
Predicate - The part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like
Preposition - A word that describes relationships between an object and another word in the
sentence; placed before a noun or pronoun Ex. The napkin is IN the drawer; The Earth rotates
AROUND the sun
Pronoun - A word that takes the place of a noun
Subject - -The main noun of a sentence that is doing or being
-Ask Who or What
Compound-Complex Sentence - Sentence that includes 2 independent and 1 dependent clause
"The cute, furry dog wagged its tail with joy" - Simple subject - dog
Article and modifiers - the cute, furry dog
Simple predicate - wagged
Complete predicate and direct object - its tail
Prepositional modifier - with joy
Diction - The style of writing determined by word choice
Fragment - An incomplete sentence
Perfective - A verb for an object that has been completed
Practice Questions For TEAS Test Preparation
Homograph - Word spelled the same but have different meanings (bat, bow)
Homophone - Words pronounced the same but have different meanings
Colon - Used in introduction of a quote or list, ratio, and time; must come after an independent
clause
Comma - Before "and", after an introductory phrase,in a simple series of items
Adverb - Word or phrase that describes or modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb: when?
Where? How? Why?
Article - Words (a and an) that refer to nouns
Complement - Sentence part that gives more information about a subject or object
Conjunction - A connecting word
Dependent Clause - A group of words that include a subject and verb but cannot stand alone as a
complete sentence
(Does not share a complete thought)
Independent Clause - A group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as
a complete sentence
(Shares a complete thought)
Indirect Object - The person or thing to whom or which something is done
, Interjection - Words or phrases that represent short bursts of emotion
Modifier - A word or group of words that provides description for another word
Object - A word or group of words that receive the action of the verb
Predicate - The part of a sentence that explains what the subject does or is like
Preposition - A word that describes relationships between an object and another word in the
sentence; placed before a noun or pronoun Ex. The napkin is IN the drawer; The Earth rotates
AROUND the sun
Pronoun - A word that takes the place of a noun
Subject - -The main noun of a sentence that is doing or being
-Ask Who or What
Compound-Complex Sentence - Sentence that includes 2 independent and 1 dependent clause
"The cute, furry dog wagged its tail with joy" - Simple subject - dog
Article and modifiers - the cute, furry dog
Simple predicate - wagged
Complete predicate and direct object - its tail
Prepositional modifier - with joy
Diction - The style of writing determined by word choice
Fragment - An incomplete sentence
Perfective - A verb for an object that has been completed
