TEAS: English and Language Usage Pre-test Exam Questions and verified Answers (Multiple Choice Exam)

TEAS: English and Language Usage Pre-test Exam
Questions and verified Answers (Multiple Choice Exam)


1. The billionaire had a compound in the desert, the shear size of which made it seam like
a whole other country.

1. Which of the following correctly describes an error in the sentence above?

A. Desert should be dessert
B. Shear should be sheer
C. Seam should be seem
D. Whole should be hole: Shear should be sheer
2. He found it inconceivable that his partner had leapt to the wrong conclusion regarding
the capital they had alloted to the project.

2. Which of the following words is misspelled in the sentence above?

A. Inconceivable
B. Leapt
C. Capital
D. Alloted: Alloted

Explanation: Should follow the double consonant rule: Allotted
3. It occurred to me, a little too late, that leaving knifes on the counter with intrepid
children around was a dangerous oversight.


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, 3. Which of the following is misspelled in the sentence?

A. Occurred
B. Knifes
C. Intrepid
D. Overweight: Knifes

Explanation: The plural of "knife" follows the rule of changing -f or -fe to -ves.
4. 4. Which of the following words is an exception to common spelling rule?

A. Batted
B. Lives
C. Albeit
D. Believe: Albeit

Explanation: Exception to the I before E rule




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