ATI TEAS 7 FULL STUDY GUIDE (SMART
EDITION): ENGLISH - KNOWLEDGE OF
LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY
ACQUISITION
Whatpiispithepipredicate?pi-pians--Thepipartpiofpithepisentencepithatpicontainspithepiverb.
Thepipartpiofpithepisentencepithatpitellspiwhatpithepisubjectpidoespiorpiwhatpiispidonepitopithep
isubject
Withpiregularpiverbs,piaddpi_____pitopithepisingularpithirdpipersonpiverb.pi-pians---s.
Example:piHe/she/itpiplays.
Whatpiispiapisimplepisentence?pi-pians--
Apigrouppiofpiwordspithatpimakepiuppiapicompletepithought.pi
Mustpihavepionepiindependentpiclause.pi
Apisimplepisentencepiispiapisentencepithatpiconsistspiofpionepiindependentpiclausepiandpiex
pressespiapicompletepithought.
Whatpiispianpiindependentpiclause?pi-pians--
Containspiapisinglepisubjectpi(whopiorpiwhatpithepisentencepiispiabout)piandpiapipredicatepi(a
piverbpiandpisomethingpiaboutpithepisubject).
Example:pi
Thepicarpiwaspifast.pi
(subjectpi-picar,pipredicatepi-piwaspifastpi(verbpi-piwas),picompletepithought).
Whatpiispiapirun-on?pi-pians--
Whenpitwopiorpimorepiindependentpiclausespiarepicombinedpiwithoutpiproperpipunctuation.
pi
Example:piGregorypiispiapiverypitalentedpiactorpihepiwaspithepileadpiinpithepischoolpiplay.
Whatpiispiapifragment?pi-pians--
Apigrouppiofpiwordspithatpilookspilikepiapisentencepibutpiispimissingpiapisubject,piverb,piorpico
mpletepithought.
EDITION): ENGLISH - KNOWLEDGE OF
LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY
ACQUISITION
Whatpiispithepipredicate?pi-pians--Thepipartpiofpithepisentencepithatpicontainspithepiverb.
Thepipartpiofpithepisentencepithatpitellspiwhatpithepisubjectpidoespiorpiwhatpiispidonepitopithep
isubject
Withpiregularpiverbs,piaddpi_____pitopithepisingularpithirdpipersonpiverb.pi-pians---s.
Example:piHe/she/itpiplays.
Whatpiispiapisimplepisentence?pi-pians--
Apigrouppiofpiwordspithatpimakepiuppiapicompletepithought.pi
Mustpihavepionepiindependentpiclause.pi
Apisimplepisentencepiispiapisentencepithatpiconsistspiofpionepiindependentpiclausepiandpiex
pressespiapicompletepithought.
Whatpiispianpiindependentpiclause?pi-pians--
Containspiapisinglepisubjectpi(whopiorpiwhatpithepisentencepiispiabout)piandpiapipredicatepi(a
piverbpiandpisomethingpiaboutpithepisubject).
Example:pi
Thepicarpiwaspifast.pi
(subjectpi-picar,pipredicatepi-piwaspifastpi(verbpi-piwas),picompletepithought).
Whatpiispiapirun-on?pi-pians--
Whenpitwopiorpimorepiindependentpiclausespiarepicombinedpiwithoutpiproperpipunctuation.
pi
Example:piGregorypiispiapiverypitalentedpiactorpihepiwaspithepileadpiinpithepischoolpiplay.
Whatpiispiapifragment?pi-pians--
Apigrouppiofpiwordspithatpilookspilikepiapisentencepibutpiispimissingpiapisubject,piverb,piorpico
mpletepithought.