ATI - Smart Prep: English and Language Usage

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

Which of the following contains a homophone?

- Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal path

- As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand

- By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch

- The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher

halves

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

- halves

- prooves

- razores

- chieves

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

Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?

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

- The raspberries we picked from he garden are ripe, and sweet

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

- The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show his art to anyone

"You should have never invited Neda to that party," said Angelica, "if you didn't want her to run into Alex."

Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?

- "You should have never invited Neda to that party," said Angelica, "if you didn't want her to run into Alex."

- "You should have never invited Neda to that party," said Angelica. "If you didn't want her to run into Alex."

- "You should have never invited Neda to that party," said Angelica "if you didn't want her to run into Alex."

- "You should have never invited Neda to that party," said Angelica, "If you didn't want her to run into Alex."

the comma after glasses

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.

- the semicolon after book

- the comma after long

- the comma after glasses

- the period at the end of the sentence

The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt, its two front feet were on the dining room floor, and its head swayed back and forth.

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

- The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt; its two front feet were on the dining room floor, and its head swayed back and forth.

- The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt, its two front feet were on the dining room floor; and its head swayed back and forth

- The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt, its two front feet were on the dining room floor, and its head swayed back and forth.

- The cat slid over the ledge and came to a halt; its two front feet were on the dining room floor, and its head swayed back and forth.

Viruses are made up of a core of malignant nucleic acid

Which of the following is an example of a simple sentence?

- Viruses are made up of a core of malignant nucleic acid

- Malignant acid that is covered by protein

- Viruses are made up of a core of malignant acid, though covered by protein

- Viruses made up of a core of malignant nucleic acid

friends

Which of the following is the simple subject in the sentence below?

Every morning, the two friends walked a half mile together to school.

- every morning

- half mile

- friends

- school

adverb

Please

a comparison of the language used in two different shakespeare plays

Which of the following pieces of writing should include citations?

- a comparison of the language used in two different shakespeare plays

- a new article describing a burglary

- a description of your favorite play

- A personal essay about your lifelong interest in marine biology

The causes of obesity can be divided into diet and lifestyle

Which of the following statements is correct about the outline?

- Sedentary jobs are a more important cause of obesity than not cooking at home

- Not cooking at home falls into the category of diet causes of obesity

- The causes of obesity can be divided into diet and lifestyle

- Large portions are part of the lifestyle causes of obesity

The practice of yoga first developed in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.

Which of the following sentences from a paragraph about yoga is the topic sentence?

- The word "yoga" was mentioned in the Vedas, a collection of texts containing songs, mantras, and rituals used by Vedic priests

- By the late 1800s, yoga masters from India began to travel to the West, attracting followers.

- After a few years, Yoga masters rejected the teachings of the ancient Vedas and embraced the physical body as the means to achieve enlightenment

- The practice of yoga first developed in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.

Which of the following is the correct sequence to place the following sentences to construct a well-organized paragraph?

I. Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, felt President Mckinley symbolized the injustice of American society.

II. On September 6, 1901, President McKinley became the third American president to be assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield.

III. Czolgosz shot McKinley twice, and President McKinley died a week alter from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds.

IV. On that September day, President McKinley was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, shaking hands with the public

- IV, I, II, III

- II, IV, I, III

- I, III, IV, II

- I, II, IV, III

Which of the following is an incomplete sentence?

- Watch out.

- In the rose garden out back

- I guess that's true.

- It would take about three weeks.

Which of the following sentence has correct pronoun-antecedent agreement?

- All passenagers must show his passport before getting on the international flight

- Each of the cats has its own special hiding place inside the house.

- If the students need my help with this project, he or she can just email me with questions

- When the clothes come out of the dryer, it should be folded right away.

Which of the following options best