ATI TEAS 7 ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE USAGE 50 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS AGRADE
The billionaire had a compound in the desert, the shear size of which made it seam like a whole other country.
1. Which of the following correctly describes an error in the sentence above?
A. Desert should be dessert
B. Shear should be sheer
C. Seam should be seem
D. Whole should be hole - ANSWER>> Shear should be sheer
He found it inconceivable that his partner had leapt to the wrong conclusion regarding the capital they had
alloted to the project.
2. Which of the following words is misspelled in the sentence above?
A. Inconceivable
B. Leapt
C. Capital
D. Alloted - ANSWER>> Alloted
Explanation: Should follow the double consonant rule: Allotted
It occurred to me, a little too late, that leaving knifes on the counter with intrepid children around was a
dangerous oversight.
3. Which of the following is misspelled in the sentence?
A. Occurred
B. Knifes
, C. Intrepid
D. Overweight - ANSWER>> Knifes
Explanation: The plural of "knife" follows the rule of changing -f or -fe to -ves.
4. Which of the following words is an exception to common spelling rule?
A. Batted
B. Lives
C. Albeit
D. Believe - ANSWER>> Albeit
Explanation: Exception to the I before E rule
Example: "It's not easy to write well," she declared. "At least, not if that guy's memoir is any indication!" -
ANSWER>> 1. Quotation marks are used for direct quotations, and a comma is used before the closed quote.
there is additional text in the sentence.
2. All apostrophe is used for conjunctions and to indicate possession.
3. An exclamation mark is used to indicate both the end of the sentence and strong feeling or high volume.
1. Which of the following examples is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
A. I've been running all over town, but now it's time for me to relax.
B. I plan on taking it easy for the rest of the day and no one has any cause to bother me.
C. Perhaps I'll see if the spa is open, and if my favorite masseuse is available.
D. Getting a massage would be fantastically relaxing, and I feel that I've earned it today. - ANSWER>> D.
Getting a massage would be fantastically relaxing, and I feel that I've earned it today.
Explanation: The sentence includes two independent clauses, and it is correctly punctuated by including a
comma before the conjunction
ANSWERS AGRADE
The billionaire had a compound in the desert, the shear size of which made it seam like a whole other country.
1. Which of the following correctly describes an error in the sentence above?
A. Desert should be dessert
B. Shear should be sheer
C. Seam should be seem
D. Whole should be hole - ANSWER>> Shear should be sheer
He found it inconceivable that his partner had leapt to the wrong conclusion regarding the capital they had
alloted to the project.
2. Which of the following words is misspelled in the sentence above?
A. Inconceivable
B. Leapt
C. Capital
D. Alloted - ANSWER>> Alloted
Explanation: Should follow the double consonant rule: Allotted
It occurred to me, a little too late, that leaving knifes on the counter with intrepid children around was a
dangerous oversight.
3. Which of the following is misspelled in the sentence?
A. Occurred
B. Knifes
, C. Intrepid
D. Overweight - ANSWER>> Knifes
Explanation: The plural of "knife" follows the rule of changing -f or -fe to -ves.
4. Which of the following words is an exception to common spelling rule?
A. Batted
B. Lives
C. Albeit
D. Believe - ANSWER>> Albeit
Explanation: Exception to the I before E rule
Example: "It's not easy to write well," she declared. "At least, not if that guy's memoir is any indication!" -
ANSWER>> 1. Quotation marks are used for direct quotations, and a comma is used before the closed quote.
there is additional text in the sentence.
2. All apostrophe is used for conjunctions and to indicate possession.
3. An exclamation mark is used to indicate both the end of the sentence and strong feeling or high volume.
1. Which of the following examples is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
A. I've been running all over town, but now it's time for me to relax.
B. I plan on taking it easy for the rest of the day and no one has any cause to bother me.
C. Perhaps I'll see if the spa is open, and if my favorite masseuse is available.
D. Getting a massage would be fantastically relaxing, and I feel that I've earned it today. - ANSWER>> D.
Getting a massage would be fantastically relaxing, and I feel that I've earned it today.
Explanation: The sentence includes two independent clauses, and it is correctly punctuated by including a
comma before the conjunction
