ATI TEAS 7 ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE USAGE WITH ANSWERS

ATI TEAS 7 ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE
USAGE WITH ANSWERS


Which of the following sentences contains a homophone?

A.) Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal
path.

B.) As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.

C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and
everyone gathered to watch.

D.) The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher. -
CORRECT ANSWER-C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze
the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.

Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural
form?

A.) Chieves

B.) Prooves

C.) Razores

D.) Halves - CORRECT ANSWER-D.) Halves

Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound
sentence?

A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the
sky was a gentle summer blue.

,B.) The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe,
and sweet.

C.) She spent all afternoon studying for the biology test; but she
neglected to work on her psychology paper.

D.) The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked
to show his art to anyone. - CORRECT ANSWER-A.) The
moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was
a gentle summer blue.

Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a
quotation?

A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said
Jessica, "if you didn't want him to run into Blayne."

B.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said
Jessica. "If you didn't want him to run into Blayne."

C.) You should have never invited Shane to that party," said
Jessica "if you didn't want him to run into Blayne."

D.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said
Jessica, "If you didn't want him to run into Blayne." - CORRECT
ANSWER-A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that
party," said Jessica, "if you didn't want him to run into Blayne."

Which of the following punctuation marks correctly completes
the sentence below?

I need an assistant who can do the following ___input data, edit
reports, and maintain the website.

A.) ;

,B.) :

C.) ,

D.) . - CORRECT ANSWER-B.) :

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

She put down her glasses, and her book; the train was starting
to enter the long, dark tunnel.

A.) The semicolon after "book"

B.) The comma after "long"

C.) The comma after "glasses"

D.) The period at the end of the sentence - CORRECT
ANSWER-C.) The comma after "glasses"

Please don't take what I said so personally.

Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" as used
in the sentence above?

A.) Article

B.) Adjective

C.) Verb

D.) Adverb - CORRECT ANSWER-D.) Adverb

He had to fill out a health history ____ before seeing the doctor.

A.) questionnaire

, B.) questionaire

C.) questionnare

D.) questionairre - CORRECT ANSWER-A.) questionnaire

Which of the following sentences contains an indirect object?

A.) Melissa walked to the grocery store for milk.

B.) Dante skimmed the magazine while waiting in the lobby.

C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems.

D.) Sara went to the movie with Amal. - CORRECT ANSWER-
C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems.

The plump old white cat basked in the warm sunlight.

Which of the following options correctly punctuates the
sentence above?

A.) The plump, old, white cat basked in the warm sunlight

B.) The plump, old, white, cat basked in the warm sunlight

C.) The plump, old white cat basked in the warm sunlight.

D.) The plump old white cat, basked in the warm sunlight. -
CORRECT ANSWER-A.) The plump, old, white cat basked in
the warm sunlight.

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

A.) Miniscool