TEAS FINAL ENGLISH/MATH

Change the Y to an I

1) adding any suffix except -ing

2) constonant - Y

• baby = babies

• happy = happines

Exceptions to final Y + ing

• copy + ing

  • enjoy + ing

Capitalize proper nouns

not common nouns

• specific names only

Apostrophes ‘‘‘‘‘

used for contractions or to show possesion

• I don’t know = I do not know

• Jack’s new car (possesion)

Commas

to separate items in a series of 3 or more things

• to seperate independant clauses when joined by following conjunctions

Conjunction words (FANBOYS)

F - for

A - and

N - nor

B - but

O - or

Y - yet

S - so

Semicolon ;;;;

between closely related independant clauses

• I love coffee; you love tea

  • Calvin is a teacher; Jennifer is a nurse

Colon :::

to introduce a list of items

• They serve many types of food: Chinese, American, and Indian

Hyphen - - -

join 2 or more words that serve as a single adjetive before a noun. Also compound numbers between 21 - 99

• well-known author

  • ninety-nine

Direct quotes “ “ “

own words

• “ I am learning a new topic.”

Indirect quotes

no question because not excact words. The word: That, is used

• Stephanie said that she was learning

Complete sentence

Subject and predicate

Subject

Who? Alex

Predicate

has a truck

Modifiers

grey truck

Independent clause

complete thought

• the cat is sleeping

Dependent clause

When the cat is sleeping

Simple sentence

one independent clause. Complete thought: 1 subject, 1 verb

• Grace opened the door

Compound sentence

2 or more independent clauses joined by: FANBOYS conjunction

• Grace opened the door, and she looked outside

Complex sentence

1 dependent and 1 independent clause. Comas used or no coordination conjinctions examples

• When he won the award, everyone cheered.

Direct objects

What? Who? Whom?

Indirect objects

At whom? To whom? For whom? From whom?

Imperative sentence

issues a command, request, or instruction

• Give me a high five!

  • Stop it.

Run-on sentences

when 2 independent clauses run together without proper punctuation or appropriate conjunctions

Main idea

last sentence of the first paragraph

Summary

first sentence of the last paragraph

Unnecessary information

any details or content that do not contribute to the main point or purpose of the writing

• dont support base ot topic sentence

Mean

Average of a data set

• + all numbers, divide by number of numbers

Median

middle number

Mode

most frequent number

Range

highest number - lowest number

Left skewed

left toes

Right skewed

right toes

Scatter plot

correlation between variables

Line graph

trends over time or continuous date

Bar graph

compare between different groups/categories

Linear

increase /

Exponential

x 2 increase

Quadratic

u shape

Dependent

outcome of experiment or the value being measured

Independent

does not depend on that of another

Direct relationship

Y =KX (increase /)

Indirect relationship

Y = K/X (decrease exponential)

Area

L x W

Volume

L x W x H

Circumference of circle

C = pie x diameter

• diameter = radius x 2

Area of a circle

A = pie x radius squared

Triangle area

½ (B x H)

Parallelogram area

B x H

Trapezoid area

Base 1 + base 2 (H)

1 pound =

16 ounces

1 yard =

3 feet

1 mile =

1,760 yards

1 gallon =

4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups

1 meter =

3.25 ft

1 ounce =

28.35 grams

1 mile =

1.6 kilometers