ATI TEAS 7 FULL STUDY GUIDE (SMART
EDITION): ENGLISH - KNOWLEDGE OF
LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY
ACQUISITION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is a coordinate clause? - Answer-A sentence of phrase that combines clauses of
equal grammatical rank (verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, or independent clauses) by
using a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or so, yet).
What is a root word? - Answer-The most basic part of a word.
You can create new words by adding a prefix or suffix.
What are prefixes? - Answer-The letters added to the beginning of a root word to make
a new word with a different meaning.
Prefixes on their own have meanings, too. If you add a prefix to a root word, it can
change its meaning entirely.
What are suffixes? - Answer-Letters added to the end of a root word to make a new
word with a different meaning.
Suffixes on their own have meanings, too. If you add a suffix to a root word, it can
change its meaning entirely.
What are parts of speech? - Answer-A part of speech is a category of words that have
the same grammatical properties. Some of the main parts of speech for words in the
English language are: nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
The writing process involves which steps? - Answer-prewriting
drafting
revising
editing
In informational and persuasive writing, body paragraphs should typically do 3 things: -
Answer-1. Make a point.
2. Illustrate the point with facts, quotations, or examples.
3. Explain how this evidence relates to the point.
What is the predicate? - Answer-The part of the sentence that contains the verb.
EDITION): ENGLISH - KNOWLEDGE OF
LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY
ACQUISITION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is a coordinate clause? - Answer-A sentence of phrase that combines clauses of
equal grammatical rank (verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, or independent clauses) by
using a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or so, yet).
What is a root word? - Answer-The most basic part of a word.
You can create new words by adding a prefix or suffix.
What are prefixes? - Answer-The letters added to the beginning of a root word to make
a new word with a different meaning.
Prefixes on their own have meanings, too. If you add a prefix to a root word, it can
change its meaning entirely.
What are suffixes? - Answer-Letters added to the end of a root word to make a new
word with a different meaning.
Suffixes on their own have meanings, too. If you add a suffix to a root word, it can
change its meaning entirely.
What are parts of speech? - Answer-A part of speech is a category of words that have
the same grammatical properties. Some of the main parts of speech for words in the
English language are: nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
The writing process involves which steps? - Answer-prewriting
drafting
revising
editing
In informational and persuasive writing, body paragraphs should typically do 3 things: -
Answer-1. Make a point.
2. Illustrate the point with facts, quotations, or examples.
3. Explain how this evidence relates to the point.
What is the predicate? - Answer-The part of the sentence that contains the verb.
