ATI TEAS TEST - ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE USAGE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What type of sentence states a fact and ends with a period?: Declarative
2. What type of sentence tells someone to do something and ends with a period?:
Imperative
3. What type of sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark?: In- terrogative
4. What type of sentence shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point?:
Exclamatory
5. What sentence structure has one independent clause with no subordinate clauses?:
Simple
6. What sentence structure has two or more independent clauses with no dependent
clauses, and is usually joined with a common and coordinating conjunction or
semicolon?: Compound
7. What sentence structure has at least two independent clauses and at least one
dependent clause?: Compound complex
8. What sentence structure has one independent clause and one or more dependent
clauses?: Complex
9. What type of phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
that is used as an object?: Prepositional
10. What looks like a verb, but it not used as a verb and is instead used as a noun,
adjective or adverb?: Verbal
11. What type of phrase is one that is a verb form that does not function as the verb of a
clause?: Verbal phrase
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, 12. What type of verbal phrase is made of participles and any complement or modifiers?:
Participial
13. What type of verbal is used as a noun, with -ing ending, and can be used as a subject
of a sentence and the object of a verb or preposition?: Gerund
14. In sentences, the verbs subject is understood, but not actu- ally
present in the sentence.: Imperative
15. What type of conjunction connects equal parts of sentences and includes: and, but,
yet, or, more, for, and so?: Coordinating
16. What type of conjunction shows connection between pairs and includes: either...or,
neither...nor, and not only...but?: Correlative
17. What type of conjunction joins dependent clauses with independent claus- es and
includes: after, until, when, whenever, while, and before? (There are more):
Subordinating
18. What is a word that is placed before a noun or pronoun that shows relationship
between an object or another word in the sentence, and includes words such as: around,
under, before, as, instead of, within (there are more)-
: Preposition
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QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What type of sentence states a fact and ends with a period?: Declarative
2. What type of sentence tells someone to do something and ends with a period?:
Imperative
3. What type of sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark?: In- terrogative
4. What type of sentence shows strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point?:
Exclamatory
5. What sentence structure has one independent clause with no subordinate clauses?:
Simple
6. What sentence structure has two or more independent clauses with no dependent
clauses, and is usually joined with a common and coordinating conjunction or
semicolon?: Compound
7. What sentence structure has at least two independent clauses and at least one
dependent clause?: Compound complex
8. What sentence structure has one independent clause and one or more dependent
clauses?: Complex
9. What type of phrase begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
that is used as an object?: Prepositional
10. What looks like a verb, but it not used as a verb and is instead used as a noun,
adjective or adverb?: Verbal
11. What type of phrase is one that is a verb form that does not function as the verb of a
clause?: Verbal phrase
1/5
, 12. What type of verbal phrase is made of participles and any complement or modifiers?:
Participial
13. What type of verbal is used as a noun, with -ing ending, and can be used as a subject
of a sentence and the object of a verb or preposition?: Gerund
14. In sentences, the verbs subject is understood, but not actu- ally
present in the sentence.: Imperative
15. What type of conjunction connects equal parts of sentences and includes: and, but,
yet, or, more, for, and so?: Coordinating
16. What type of conjunction shows connection between pairs and includes: either...or,
neither...nor, and not only...but?: Correlative
17. What type of conjunction joins dependent clauses with independent claus- es and
includes: after, until, when, whenever, while, and before? (There are more):
Subordinating
18. What is a word that is placed before a noun or pronoun that shows relationship
between an object or another word in the sentence, and includes words such as: around,
under, before, as, instead of, within (there are more)-
: Preposition
2/5
