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Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. absense 2. absents 3. abcense 4. absence - Answer 4 The principle of the high school was debating whether to pursue the issue any further. Which of the following corrects an error in the sentence above? 1. Replace debating with debateing 2. Replace whether with weather 3. Replace further with farther 4. Replace principle with principal - Answer 4 Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation? 1. We will s...

What is the predicate? - Answer The part of the sentence that contains the verb. The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject With regular verbs, add _____ to the singular third person verb. - Answer -s. Example: He/she/it plays. What is a simple sentence? - Answer A group of words that make up a complete thought. Must have one independent clause. A simple sentence is a sentence that consists of one independent clause and expr...

"Singing" functions as which of the following parts of speech in the sentence below? Singing is my favorite activity - Answer Noun Surely, he thought, I can't trust this enticing yet dubious offer, although I could use the opportunity more than I'd like to admit. Which of the following parts of speech is the word "although"? - Answer Conjunction The top-secret blueprints were for an intergalactic spaceship. Which of the following is the meaning of the prefix "inter-" ...

homophones - Answer Words that sound the same, such as "new" and "knew", but have different meanings. Homographs - Answer Words that are spelled the same, such as "bass" (a fish) and "bass" (a musical instrument), but have different meanings and may be pronounced differently. Plural - Answer More than one item Context - Answer Surrounding words or ideas within a sentence or passage that affect the meaning of a word and influence how it is understood Parts of speech - ...

Test 1 Which of the following represents a correct plural form of the word syllabus? - Answer Syllabi Test 1 Which of the following sentences shows the correct use of quotation marks? - Answer Grady asked Abe, "Did you know that an earthquake and a tsunami hit Messina, Italy, in 1908?" Test 1 Which of the following words contains an exception to a spelling rule? - Answer Noticeable Test 1 Which of the following is an example of a correctly punctuated sentence? - Answer Bea...

Writing a revision - Answer Which of the following is the final step of the of the writing process? Record all the ideas related to a topic as they come to ones mind - Answer Which of the following best describes the stream of consciousness technique used to develop ideas ? center - Answer Many islands are located in mid-latitudes. Which of the following defines the prefix mid- as used in the word "mid-latitudes" in the sentence above ? kept - Answer Sharon went to work, k...

Read the passage below and answer the following question. You know what I hate? Businesses that rely on contract workers and freelancers instead of regular employees. Don't hit me with arguments about greater freedom for workers. Freedom isn't free if you're bleeding out in the street. Sound the alarm, people! Workers are suffering! No benefits means you're out of luck if you get sick and can't do your job. Plus, studies show freelancers don't make as much money as regular employ...

Which of the following is an example of a correctly punctuated sentence? a. I asked her "Since when are you an Elvis fan?" b. I asker her "since when are you an Elvis fan"? c. I asked her, "Since when are you an Elvis fan?" d. I asked her, "Since when are you an Elvis fan"? - Answer c Which of the following is an example of a simple sentence? a. The man wandering into the store. b. The man in the green overalls with the steel-toed boots wandered into the upscale department st...

Which of the following is correct? a. Gone With The Wind b. Gone With the Wind c. Gone with the Wind d. Gone with the wind - Answer c. Gone with the Wind. Publication titles are capitalized. Shorter prepositions, articles, and conjunctions within titles are not capitalized. What is the sentence with the correct use of punctuation? a. Offcampus apartments are nicer. b. Off campus apartments are nicer. c. Off-campus apartments are nicer. d. Off-campus-apartments are nicer. - Answe...

ATI TEAS 7: ENGLISH ASSESSMENT 2024 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS