ATI TEAS 7 English & Language Usage -exam questions with answers

ATI TEAS 7 English & Language Usage -exam
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Which of the following sentences contains a homophone?
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A.) Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal path.
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B.) As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.
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C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered
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to watch.
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D.) The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher.
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C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to
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watch.

Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural form?
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A.) Chieves

B.) Prooves

C.) Razores

D.) Halves

D.) Halves
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Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
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A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky
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was a gentle summer blue.
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B.) The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe, and sweet.
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, C.) She spent all afternoon studying for the biology test; but she
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neglected to work on her psychology paper.
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D.) The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show
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his art to anyone.
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A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky
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was a gentle summer blue.
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Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?
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A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if
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you didn't want him to run into Blayne."
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B.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica. "If
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you didn't want him to run into Blayne."
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C.) You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica "if
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you didn't want him to run into Blayne."
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D.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "If
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you didn't want him to run into Blayne."
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A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you
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didn't want him to run into Blayne."
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Which of the following punctuation marks correctly completes the sentence
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below?

I need an assistant who can do the following
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and maintain the website.
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A.) ;

B.) :

,C.) ,
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D.) .
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B.) :

Which of the following punctuation marks is used incorrectly in the sentence
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below?

She put down her glasses, and her book; the train was starting to enter the long,
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A.) The semicolon after "book"
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B.) The comma after "long"
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C.) The comma after "glasses"
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D.) The period at the end of the sentence
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C.) The comma after "glasses"
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Please don't take what I said so personally.
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Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" as used in the sentence
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above?

A.) Article

B.) Adjective

C.) Verb

D.) Adverb

, D.) Adverb
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He had to fill out a health history
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A.) questionnaire

B.) questionaire

C.) questionnare

D.) questionairre

A.) questionnaire

Which of the following sentences contains an indirect object?
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A.) Melissa walked to the grocery store for milk./| /| /| /| /| /| /|




B.) Dante skimmed the magazine while waiting in the lobby.
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C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems.
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D.) Sara went to the movie with Amal.
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C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems.
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The plump old white cat basked in the warm sunlight.
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Which of the following options correctly punctuates the sentence above?
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A.) The plump, old, white cat basked in the warm sunlight
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B.) The plump, old, white, cat basked in the warm sunlight
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