;) TEAS EnglIsh Language Usage

Which of the following situations is it most appropriate to use informal language?

A text message to a friend from class

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?

Receive

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

Taylor sat under a tree.

Taylor

Which of the following sentences demonstrates proper pronoun-antecedent agreement?

If a person wants to travel to the moon, she must get a job at a space technology

station.

Which of the following sentences demonstrates proper subject-verb agreement?

Physics is a difficult subject to learn.

Which of the following is the object of the preposition in the sentence below?

Martha laughed at the clown.

clown

Which of the following sentences uses the correct capitalization?

The Geography students took a class trip to the Rocky Mountains.

Which of the following prefixes attached to a root word would be part of a sequence of events?

Post-

Which of the following is the adverb in the sentence below?

The athletic woman ran swiftly across the field.

swiftly

In the word ‘circumnavigation’ the Latin prefix ‘circum’ means to move in which of the following directions?

Around

Which of the following sentences would most likely be found in an email from a

professor to her biology students at a college?

Research groups from the 10:30 a.m. Tuesday class should meet in the library this week.

Which of the following is the meaning of 'wellness’ according to the suffix?

The state of being well

Which one of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?

My brother had an old truck that sat by the garage that needed paint.

Based on an analysis of word structure, which of the following is the meaning of the word ‘bibliophile’?

Book lover

Which of the following is a step in the proofreading process?

Checking for spelling

Which of the following sentences demonstrates proper subject-verb agreement?

The boy or the girls come to school late.

Which of the following prefixes implies duplication when attached to a root word?

re-

A pastry chef is organizing the syllabus for a breads class at a local community college.They first want to make sure that the students know about the basic types of equipment used in commercial bread making. After discussing equipment, the chef wishes to teach a few lessons on simple doughs, including traditional ones and those with ancient grains, and then cover enriched doughs in both sweet and savory applications. Given all of these requirements, how should the chef outline the syllabus?

Equipment

Simple doughs

Traditional

Ancient Grains

Enriched doughs

Sweet

Savory

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

Since time was running short, I hurriedly brushed my teeth while breakfast was

warming up.

Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

In short, we wish to congratulate Keisha, Marius, and Jayma for making this

presentation so interesting and informative.

The graceful dancer moved across the stage as the music began to play.

Which of the following is the meaning of the suffix ‘-ful' as used in the sentence above?

Characterized by

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

Although the town appears strikingly dull, most folks say it’s a nice place to live.

Which of the following transitional expressions should a student use to show sequence?

Elsewhere

The class is nervous about its first exam.

its

Which of the following statements about a paragraph's topic sentence is true?

It summarizes the main idea of the paragraph.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

The student wrote too slowly to finish the exam, but he has always been a slow

writer.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

I walked all three dogs around the park this morning.

Proper sleep is crucial to good health.

crucial

According to the prefix ‘sub-’, which of the following words defines ‘subterranean’?

Underground

Which of the following is the correct definition for the prefix ‘inter’ as used in words like

‘interstate’ or ‘international’?

Between or among

Which of the following sentences contains a conjunction?

I finished mowing the lawn and I took a long nap.

Which of the following sentences requires a citation?

One in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of 70.

Which of the following sentences correctly follows the rules of capitalization?

The Geography students took a class trip to the Rocky Mountains.

The gist of the saying went something like this: If a person wants to get ahead in life, you have to be willing to work for it

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

Which of the following transitional expressions should be used to show cause and effect? In other words

Consequently

Which of the following is the meaning of ‘wellness’ according to the suffix?

The state of being well