ATI TEAS 6 English Language Study Guide
Words ending in Ise or Ize. What are the 6 that are difficult to remember? - ANSWER:
A small number of words end with ise. Most of the words in the English language
with the same sound end in ize.
Disguise, excise, exercise, incise, revise, televise.
3 words that end with ceed? The 1 word in english that ends in sede - ANSWER:
exceed, proceed, and succeed. 2) supersede
Nouns - ANSWER: "Person, place, thing, animal, idea, or feeling"
are examples of what?
What are the 3 types of verbs? - ANSWER: Action verbs
Passive verbs
Linking verbs
Linking Verb - ANSWER: are intransitive verbs that show a condition (ie the subject is
desicrbed but does no action) eg: I am John. Or, I smell roses.
Phrasal verbs - ANSWER: verb+particle combinations that count as one verb, e.g.take
out, put on
Auxiliary Verbs - ANSWER: Helping verbs, do, doing, did
precede main verb and help build verb phrases
Adjectives - ANSWER: What type of word modifies nouns and pronouns, primarily by
describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying?
Adverbs - ANSWER: Modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb, expressing a
relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite,
then, there, 'When?', 'Where?', 'how?', and 'Why?'. Also, Not, and never.).
Prepositional phrases - ANSWER: "In, out, around, about" are examples of what kind
of phrases?
Preposition - ANSWER: A word placed before a noun, or pronoun that shows the
relationship between an object and another word.
Clauses - ANSWER: What is a string of two or more words, with a subject and a verb?
Ex. When the saints go marching in Ex. Obediah Simpson is uglier than a rabid
raccoon.
, Phrase - ANSWER: What is a string of two or more words, that do not have a subject
and a verb?
Ex. because of her glittering smile
Ex. broken into thousands of pieces
What are Articles, and what are the 3? - ANSWER: "The (definite)" and "A & an
(indefinite)" are examples of what kind of adjectives? They are used to mark nouns.
The, a, and an.
Colon - ANSWER: What is used between a title and sub-title of a book?
Collective Noun - ANSWER: Names of person, place, or thing that may act as a whole:
class, company, and dozen.
Third person - ANSWER: Point of view:
"He, she, or it"
Objective
Coordinating conjunctions - ANSWER: Connect equal parts of a sentence.
'For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so"
Correlative conjunctions - ANSWER: shows connection between pairs: both, and,
either or, not only.
Subordinating conjunction - ANSWER: Joins a subordinate clause with (an)
independent clause(s)
"Because, though, although, as, as if, when, while'
Nominalization - ANSWER: What is the term for making a noun from a verb, adverb,
or adjective?
Past Perfect - ANSWER: The second action happened in the past. The first action
came before the second: had + past participle:
I had gone...
Future Perfect - ANSWER: An action that uses the past and future. The action is
complete before a future moment:
will/shall have + past participle:
I will (or shall) have gone...
Active verb - ANSWER: What kind of verb shows an action performed by the subject
of the sentence?
Words ending in Ise or Ize. What are the 6 that are difficult to remember? - ANSWER:
A small number of words end with ise. Most of the words in the English language
with the same sound end in ize.
Disguise, excise, exercise, incise, revise, televise.
3 words that end with ceed? The 1 word in english that ends in sede - ANSWER:
exceed, proceed, and succeed. 2) supersede
Nouns - ANSWER: "Person, place, thing, animal, idea, or feeling"
are examples of what?
What are the 3 types of verbs? - ANSWER: Action verbs
Passive verbs
Linking verbs
Linking Verb - ANSWER: are intransitive verbs that show a condition (ie the subject is
desicrbed but does no action) eg: I am John. Or, I smell roses.
Phrasal verbs - ANSWER: verb+particle combinations that count as one verb, e.g.take
out, put on
Auxiliary Verbs - ANSWER: Helping verbs, do, doing, did
precede main verb and help build verb phrases
Adjectives - ANSWER: What type of word modifies nouns and pronouns, primarily by
describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying?
Adverbs - ANSWER: Modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb, expressing a
relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite,
then, there, 'When?', 'Where?', 'how?', and 'Why?'. Also, Not, and never.).
Prepositional phrases - ANSWER: "In, out, around, about" are examples of what kind
of phrases?
Preposition - ANSWER: A word placed before a noun, or pronoun that shows the
relationship between an object and another word.
Clauses - ANSWER: What is a string of two or more words, with a subject and a verb?
Ex. When the saints go marching in Ex. Obediah Simpson is uglier than a rabid
raccoon.
, Phrase - ANSWER: What is a string of two or more words, that do not have a subject
and a verb?
Ex. because of her glittering smile
Ex. broken into thousands of pieces
What are Articles, and what are the 3? - ANSWER: "The (definite)" and "A & an
(indefinite)" are examples of what kind of adjectives? They are used to mark nouns.
The, a, and an.
Colon - ANSWER: What is used between a title and sub-title of a book?
Collective Noun - ANSWER: Names of person, place, or thing that may act as a whole:
class, company, and dozen.
Third person - ANSWER: Point of view:
"He, she, or it"
Objective
Coordinating conjunctions - ANSWER: Connect equal parts of a sentence.
'For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so"
Correlative conjunctions - ANSWER: shows connection between pairs: both, and,
either or, not only.
Subordinating conjunction - ANSWER: Joins a subordinate clause with (an)
independent clause(s)
"Because, though, although, as, as if, when, while'
Nominalization - ANSWER: What is the term for making a noun from a verb, adverb,
or adjective?
Past Perfect - ANSWER: The second action happened in the past. The first action
came before the second: had + past participle:
I had gone...
Future Perfect - ANSWER: An action that uses the past and future. The action is
complete before a future moment:
will/shall have + past participle:
I will (or shall) have gone...
Active verb - ANSWER: What kind of verb shows an action performed by the subject
of the sentence?
