TSA Writing Skills Assessment with
Complete Solutions 2024-2025
__________ verbs never take objects but, instead, connect the subject to a word or
idea in the predicate. - ANSWER-Linking
_______________ conjunctions are pairs of words that connect sentence elements that
are of equal rank. These conjunctions must always appear together in the same
sentence. - ANSWER-correlative
_______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the rest of the sentence
by commas. - ANSWER-restrictive
_______________ pronouns are used to ask questions.
who, what, which - ANSWER-Interrogative
_______________ pronouns are used to emphasize the previous noun or pronoun.
You yourself must register. Anne herself must finish it. - ANSWER-Intensive
_______________ pronouns determine ownership or possession without using an
apostrophe followed by an s. - ANSWER-Possessive
_______________ pronouns point out a specific person or thing.
this, that, these, those - ANSWER-Demonstrative
_______________ pronouns refer back to the noun or pronoun used as the subject of
the sentence.
I burned myself. You are deceiving yourself. John excused himself. - ANSWER-
Reflexive
_______________ pronouns refer to people or things generally rather than specifically.
all, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone,
everything, few, many, most, much, neither, no one, nobody, none, nothing, one, other,
several, some, somebody, someone, something, such - ANSWER-Indefinite
_______________ pronouns refer to persons or things and change form in three
different persons: first person (the person speaking), second person (the person spoken
to), and third person (person or thing spoken about). - ANSWER-Personal
, _______________ pronouns relate a subordinate part of a sentence to the main clause.
- ANSWER-Relative
________________ conjunctions connect dependent (subordinate) clauses to
independent (main) clauses. - ANSWER-subordinating
________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest of the sentence
by commas. - ANSWER-nonrestrictive
A _________ may be used as the subject of a sentence, or as the object of a verb or a
preposition. - ANSWER-gerund
A ____________ noun identifies a particular person, place, thing, quality, idea, or
action. (Note: ___________ nouns must be capitalized.) - ANSWER-proper
A ____________ noun identifies one or more of a class of persons, places, things,
qualities, ideas, or actions that are alike. - ANSWER-common
A _____________ noun identifies a group of people or things that are related or acting
as one. - ANSWER-collective
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
A gerund used as the ________ of a verb and a _____________.
She preferred walking over bicycling. - ANSWER-object, preposition
Walking is the object of the verb preferred and bicycling is the object of the preposition
over.
A gerund used as the ____________ of a sentence.
Drawing was his favorite personal activity. - ANSWER-subject
Active or Passive Voice
The consultant wrote a proposal. - ANSWER-Active
Active or Passive Voice
The proposal was written by the consultant. - ANSWER-Passive
Complete Solutions 2024-2025
__________ verbs never take objects but, instead, connect the subject to a word or
idea in the predicate. - ANSWER-Linking
_______________ conjunctions are pairs of words that connect sentence elements that
are of equal rank. These conjunctions must always appear together in the same
sentence. - ANSWER-correlative
_______________ phrases and clauses are not separated from the rest of the sentence
by commas. - ANSWER-restrictive
_______________ pronouns are used to ask questions.
who, what, which - ANSWER-Interrogative
_______________ pronouns are used to emphasize the previous noun or pronoun.
You yourself must register. Anne herself must finish it. - ANSWER-Intensive
_______________ pronouns determine ownership or possession without using an
apostrophe followed by an s. - ANSWER-Possessive
_______________ pronouns point out a specific person or thing.
this, that, these, those - ANSWER-Demonstrative
_______________ pronouns refer back to the noun or pronoun used as the subject of
the sentence.
I burned myself. You are deceiving yourself. John excused himself. - ANSWER-
Reflexive
_______________ pronouns refer to people or things generally rather than specifically.
all, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone,
everything, few, many, most, much, neither, no one, nobody, none, nothing, one, other,
several, some, somebody, someone, something, such - ANSWER-Indefinite
_______________ pronouns refer to persons or things and change form in three
different persons: first person (the person speaking), second person (the person spoken
to), and third person (person or thing spoken about). - ANSWER-Personal
, _______________ pronouns relate a subordinate part of a sentence to the main clause.
- ANSWER-Relative
________________ conjunctions connect dependent (subordinate) clauses to
independent (main) clauses. - ANSWER-subordinating
________________ phrases and clauses are separated from the rest of the sentence
by commas. - ANSWER-nonrestrictive
A _________ may be used as the subject of a sentence, or as the object of a verb or a
preposition. - ANSWER-gerund
A ____________ noun identifies a particular person, place, thing, quality, idea, or
action. (Note: ___________ nouns must be capitalized.) - ANSWER-proper
A ____________ noun identifies one or more of a class of persons, places, things,
qualities, ideas, or actions that are alike. - ANSWER-common
A _____________ noun identifies a group of people or things that are related or acting
as one. - ANSWER-collective
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
A gerund used as the ________ of a verb and a _____________.
She preferred walking over bicycling. - ANSWER-object, preposition
Walking is the object of the verb preferred and bicycling is the object of the preposition
over.
A gerund used as the ____________ of a sentence.
Drawing was his favorite personal activity. - ANSWER-subject
Active or Passive Voice
The consultant wrote a proposal. - ANSWER-Active
Active or Passive Voice
The proposal was written by the consultant. - ANSWER-Passive
