TSA WRITING SKILLS UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is
necessary to identify specifically what is being described.
Answer: restrictive
●● A ____________________ phrase or clause provides information
that is incidental to the meaning of the sentence.
Answer: nonrestrictive
●● _______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the
rest of the sentence by commas.
Answer: restrictive
●● ________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest
of the sentence by commas.
Answer: nonrestrictive
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large.
Answer: restrictive
,The sentence is written about a man who built several blue houses but
only one on a hill. Therefore, the phrase that he built on a hill is essential
for knowing which blue house is being referred to. The phrase is
therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large.
Answer: nonrestrictive
This example is written about a man who built only one blue house, and
it happens to be on a hill. Therefore, which he built on a hill is not
essential for knowing which house is
being referred to. The phrase is therefore nonrestrictive and is separated
from the rest of the sentence by commas.
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
Pat, who won the prize, deserves our
congratulations.
Answer: nonrestrictive
, In this sentence, the person to be congratulated is identified as Pat, and
the clause who won the prize is not essential for identifying the person.
The clause is therefore
nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
We should congratulate the student who won the prize.
Answer: restrictive
We should congratulate the student who won the prize.
In this sentence the clause who won the prize is essential for indicating
the person who should be congratulated. The clause is therefore
restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.
●● Definition:
A word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being.
Answer: Verb
●● Definition:
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● A ______________ phrase or clause provides information that is
necessary to identify specifically what is being described.
Answer: restrictive
●● A ____________________ phrase or clause provides information
that is incidental to the meaning of the sentence.
Answer: nonrestrictive
●● _______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the
rest of the sentence by commas.
Answer: restrictive
●● ________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest
of the sentence by commas.
Answer: nonrestrictive
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
The blue house that he built on a hill is quite large.
Answer: restrictive
,The sentence is written about a man who built several blue houses but
only one on a hill. Therefore, the phrase that he built on a hill is essential
for knowing which blue house is being referred to. The phrase is
therefore restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
The blue house, which he built on a hill, is quite large.
Answer: nonrestrictive
This example is written about a man who built only one blue house, and
it happens to be on a hill. Therefore, which he built on a hill is not
essential for knowing which house is
being referred to. The phrase is therefore nonrestrictive and is separated
from the rest of the sentence by commas.
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
Pat, who won the prize, deserves our
congratulations.
Answer: nonrestrictive
, In this sentence, the person to be congratulated is identified as Pat, and
the clause who won the prize is not essential for identifying the person.
The clause is therefore
nonrestrictive and is separated from the rest of the sentence by
commas.
●● Restrictive or Nonrestrictive
We should congratulate the student who won the prize.
Answer: restrictive
We should congratulate the student who won the prize.
In this sentence the clause who won the prize is essential for indicating
the person who should be congratulated. The clause is therefore
restrictive and is not separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.
●● Definition:
A word or phrase used to assert an action or state of being.
Answer: Verb
●● Definition:
