TEAS - English (Pocket Prep)

Which of the following is a correct use of a colon?

Dad has several toys: a tractor, a motorcycle, and a boat

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Beautiful

Identify the subject of the following sentence.

Flowing from Minnesota to Louisiana, the Mississippi River drains a large part of North America.

The Mississippi River

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Hiding

Which sentence is punctuated correctly to express strong emotion?

Yuck! Get the spider off me!

Which of the following words does loudly modify?

In the middle of her unusually long speech, Darla sneezed loudly.

sneezed

Which of the following is a correct use of an exclamation point?

To end a sentence that expresses strong emotion

Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.

Leslie and Victoria were ____ busy ____ take out the trash, so the ____ of them left it for later.

too, to, two

Which of the following plural nouns is spelled correctly?

Lunches

He was never able to _______ that everyone _______ him had been invited to the dance.

accept; except

Which sentence uses commas correctly in a series?

The patient reported nausea, dizziness, and blurred vision after the procedure.

Choose the correct words to fill in the blanks.

I was looking over ______ when I saw ______ new car.

there; their

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Flipping

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Enforcing

Identify the part of speech of traveled in the following sentence.

Samantha and Jason traveled to Boston via the train.

Verb

Speaker A asks Speaker B, “Will you still help me?” Later, Speaker B reports this question to a friend.

Which sentence correctly punctuates Speaker B’s report of the question?

They asked whether I would still help them

Which of the following means high city? Consider the word parts.

Acropolis