English & Reading Practice Questions for the TEAS 6 Exam with Correct Answers

Polytheism, communism, nationalism all have the suffix -ism. How does this apply to this group of words? a) Doctrine b) Condition c) Characteristic d) State of being - Correct Answer-a) Doctrine A doctrine is a belief or set of beliefs by a religious group, political party, or other group. "Please don't take what I said so personally." - Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" used in the sentence? a) article b) adjective c) verb d) adverb - Correct Answer-d) adverb "personally" modifies the verb "take" A commentary is a piece of writing that does what? - Correct Answer-A commentary presents a thoughtful reaction to an aspect of life. What tool would a student use if he/she wanted to look up the definition of a word? - Correct Answer-a dictionary What tool would a student use if he/she wanted to correctly use grammar, formats, and citations? a) dictionary b) thesaurus c) encyclopedia d) a guide on writing - Correct Answer-d) a guide on writing What tool would a student use if he/she wanted to look up words that were synonyms or antonyms? - Correct Answer-a thesaurus What tool would a student use if he/she wanted to do research on a particular subject? - Correct Answer-an encyclopedia What is the type of sentence construction for this sentence? "I don't like apples; I don't like spinach." - Correct Answer-Compound sentence (This sentence contains two independent clauses - they can each stand alone as two individual sentences; two independent clauses WITHOUT a conjunction is always joined by a semicolon. If two independent clauses do not use a semicolon, then it must contain a conjunction AND a comma. A mnemonic to remember the conjunction words are: FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (e.g. Using the same example above without a semicolon: "I don't like apples, but I love spinach") What does a simple sentence contain? - Correct Answer-A simple sentence has ONLY 1 independent clause and NO DEPENDENT clauses. (e.g.: Today is a beautiful day.) What does a complex sentence contain? - Correct Answer-A complex sentence has ONE INDEPENDENT clause and AT LEAST ONE DEPENDENT clauses. (e.g.: Since it's raining out, grab your umbrella)