TSA WRITING SKILLS CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ It was he who bought the tickets. His proposal is unacceptable. Some dogs
are excitable. Flights have been delayed. The contract will have to be
reviewed..
Answer: Linking
◍ Many __________ have the characteristic ly ending..
Answer: adverbs
◍ Conjunctions that connect two or more parts of a sentence that are of equal
rank (Example: two nouns or verbs or phrases, etc.) are called
________________ conjunctions..
Answer: coordinating
◍ Quickly, slowly, and angrily are examples of ________________..
Answer: adverbs
◍ Author's chair.
Answer: A special chair that students sit in to read their writing to their
peers.
◍ Academic Word Wall.
Answer: Academic word walls is a way to display important academic
language or content specific language that you plan to use in your lesson,
module, or unit. Academic language (ex. explain, evidence, paragraph)
Content specific language (ex. timeline, suffrage, etc.). This is considered a
planned language support. It can support writing instruction by displaying
the words that students may need to understand related to academic writing
and/or the topic students are writing about.
, ◍ They are going to the ball game..
Answer: indicative mood
◍ Discourse.
Answer: Academic discourse is related to how we speak and write
academically. Paragraph structure (topic sentence, details, closing sentence);
text types/patterns (compare/contrast, description, cause and effect, etc.);
discussion (taking turns, building on each other's ideas, etc.)
◍ Anchor Chart.
Answer: Anchor charts are a way to make thinking visible as you record
strategies, processes, cues, guidelines and other content during the learning
process. These can be helpful for teaching writing. Ex. Anchor chart on the
writing process, describing different genres of writing, explain how to
organize a paragraph or how to revise, etc. This is considered to also be a
suitable planned language support.
◍ Active or Passive VoiceThe proposal was written by the consultant..
Answer: Passive
◍ In a month; after a year; on the table; behind the door are examples of
_____________ _______..
Answer: prepositional phrases
◍ Role of metacognition in writing development.
Answer: Giving students opportunities to reflect on the writing process can
help them better understand what they find challenging and therefore build
up their strategies. For example, students might write in their learning logs
about the process they took for completing an essay and what they learned
about themselves as writers, the writing process, that kind of writing, etc.
This can be done in writing (ex. learning logs or exit tickets), during writing
conferences, or even during a class discussion.
◍ Descriptive - Informative writing.
Answer: This type of expository writing is designed to describe the features
or characteristics of a person, place, event, etc. with facts. Ex. Describing
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ It was he who bought the tickets. His proposal is unacceptable. Some dogs
are excitable. Flights have been delayed. The contract will have to be
reviewed..
Answer: Linking
◍ Many __________ have the characteristic ly ending..
Answer: adverbs
◍ Conjunctions that connect two or more parts of a sentence that are of equal
rank (Example: two nouns or verbs or phrases, etc.) are called
________________ conjunctions..
Answer: coordinating
◍ Quickly, slowly, and angrily are examples of ________________..
Answer: adverbs
◍ Author's chair.
Answer: A special chair that students sit in to read their writing to their
peers.
◍ Academic Word Wall.
Answer: Academic word walls is a way to display important academic
language or content specific language that you plan to use in your lesson,
module, or unit. Academic language (ex. explain, evidence, paragraph)
Content specific language (ex. timeline, suffrage, etc.). This is considered a
planned language support. It can support writing instruction by displaying
the words that students may need to understand related to academic writing
and/or the topic students are writing about.
, ◍ They are going to the ball game..
Answer: indicative mood
◍ Discourse.
Answer: Academic discourse is related to how we speak and write
academically. Paragraph structure (topic sentence, details, closing sentence);
text types/patterns (compare/contrast, description, cause and effect, etc.);
discussion (taking turns, building on each other's ideas, etc.)
◍ Anchor Chart.
Answer: Anchor charts are a way to make thinking visible as you record
strategies, processes, cues, guidelines and other content during the learning
process. These can be helpful for teaching writing. Ex. Anchor chart on the
writing process, describing different genres of writing, explain how to
organize a paragraph or how to revise, etc. This is considered to also be a
suitable planned language support.
◍ Active or Passive VoiceThe proposal was written by the consultant..
Answer: Passive
◍ In a month; after a year; on the table; behind the door are examples of
_____________ _______..
Answer: prepositional phrases
◍ Role of metacognition in writing development.
Answer: Giving students opportunities to reflect on the writing process can
help them better understand what they find challenging and therefore build
up their strategies. For example, students might write in their learning logs
about the process they took for completing an essay and what they learned
about themselves as writers, the writing process, that kind of writing, etc.
This can be done in writing (ex. learning logs or exit tickets), during writing
conferences, or even during a class discussion.
◍ Descriptive - Informative writing.
Answer: This type of expository writing is designed to describe the features
or characteristics of a person, place, event, etc. with facts. Ex. Describing
