ATI TEAS 7 - ENGLISH & LANGUAGE USAGE Q&A D.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "If you didn't want him to run
into Blayne." Ans - A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you
didn't want him to run into Blayne."
Which of the following sentences contains a homophone?
Which of the following punctuation marks correctly completes the sentence below?
A.) Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal path.
I need an assistant who can do the following ___input data, edit reports, and maintain the website.
B.) As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.
A.) ;
C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
B.) :
D.) The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher. Ans - C.) By Sunday, they were ready to
C.) ,
raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
D.) . Ans - B.) :
Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural form?
Which of the following punctuation marks is used incorrectly in the sentence below?
A.) Chieves
She put down her glasses, and her book; the train was starting to enter the long, dark tunnel.
B.) Prooves
A.) The semicolon after "book"
C.) Razores
B.) The comma after "long"
D.) Halves Ans - D.) Halves
C.) The comma after "glasses"
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
D.) The period at the end of the sentence Ans - C.) The comma after "glasses"
A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
Please don't take what I said so personally.
B.) The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe, and sweet.
Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" as used in the sentence above?
C.) She spent all afternoon studying for the biology test; but she neglected to work on her
psychology paper.
A.) Article
D.) The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show his art to anyone. Ans -
B.) Adjective
A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
C.) Verb
Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?
D.) Adverb Ans - D.) Adverb
A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you didn't want him to run
into Blayne."
He had to fill out a health history ____ before seeing the doctor.
B.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica. "If you didn't want him to run
A.) questionnaire
into Blayne."
B.) questionaire
C.) You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica "if you didn't want him to run
into Blayne."
C.) questionnare
D.) questionairre Ans - A.) questionnaire
, Which of the following sentences contains an indirect object? C.) With gingivitis, the gums become red and swollen and van bleed easily.
A.) Melissa walked to the grocery store for milk. D.) If left untreated, gingivitis can cause periodontitis, in which the gums pull away from the teeth,
and can eventually lead to infection and bone loss. Ans - B.) Gingivitis is a mild form of gum
B.) Dante skimmed the magazine while waiting in the lobby. disease, in which bacteria causes inflammation of the gums.
C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems. Which of the following sentences from a paragraph about yoga is the topic sentence?
D.) Sara went to the movie with Amal. Ans - C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems. A.) The word "yoga" was mentioned in the Vedas, a collection of texts containing songs, mantras,
and rituals used by Vedic priests.
The plump old white cat basked in the warm sunlight.
B.) By the late 1800s, yoga masters from India began to travel to the West, attracting followers.
Which of the following options correctly punctuates the sentence above?
C.) After a few hundred years, Yoga masters rejected the teachings of the ancient Vedas and
A.) The plump, old, white cat basked in the warm sunlight embraced the physical body as the means to achieve enlightenment.
B.) The plump, old, white, cat basked in the warm sunlight D.) The practice of yoga first developed in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over
5,000 years ago. Ans - D.) The practice of yoga first developed in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization
C.) The plump, old white cat basked in the warm sunlight. in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.
D.) The plump old white cat, basked in the warm sunlight. Ans - A.) The plump, old, white cat Which of the following examples from the paragraph about the Silk Road is a transition sentence?
basked in the warm sunlight.
A.) The Silk Road got its name from Chinese silk, which was a major item traded along the route.
Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
B.) However, there were many other important trade items, some of which would end up changing
A.) Miniscool the world forever.
B.) Minature C.) Because the Silk Road was not just one single road, historians also use the term "Silk Routes" to
describe the network.
C.) Maintainance
D.) The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that stretched from China through India
D.) Millennium Ans - D.) Millennium all the way to Africa, Greece, Rome, and Great Britain. Ans - B.) However, there were many other
important trade items, some of which would end up changing the world forever.
Which of the following options contains a possessive pronoun?
Which of the following is the correct sequence to place the following sentences to construct a well-
A.) If the patient chooses to leave, let them know the right to do so is theirs. organized paragraph?
B.) When we support patients in these ways, the hospital's mission is accomplished. I. Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, felt President McKinley symbolized the injustice of American Society.
C.) Take personal items to the front desk once you are finished. II. Czolgosz shot McKinley twice, and President McKinley died a week later from gangrene caused
by the bullet wounds.
D.) This hospital has some problems, no doubt. Ans - A.) If the patient chooses to leave, let them
know the right to do so is theirs. III. On September 6, 1901, President McKinley became the third American president to be
assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield.
Which of the following sentences from a paragraph about gingivitis is the topic sentence?
IV. On that September day, President McKinley was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY,
A.) Gingivitis can be reversed by daily brushing, flossing, and regular dental cleanings. shaking hands with the public. Ans - III, IV, I, II
B.) Gingivitis is a mild form of gum disease, in which bacteria causes inflammation of the gums. Which of the following is an incomplete sentence?
into Blayne." Ans - A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you
didn't want him to run into Blayne."
Which of the following sentences contains a homophone?
Which of the following punctuation marks correctly completes the sentence below?
A.) Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal path.
I need an assistant who can do the following ___input data, edit reports, and maintain the website.
B.) As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.
A.) ;
C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
B.) :
D.) The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher. Ans - C.) By Sunday, they were ready to
C.) ,
raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
D.) . Ans - B.) :
Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural form?
Which of the following punctuation marks is used incorrectly in the sentence below?
A.) Chieves
She put down her glasses, and her book; the train was starting to enter the long, dark tunnel.
B.) Prooves
A.) The semicolon after "book"
C.) Razores
B.) The comma after "long"
D.) Halves Ans - D.) Halves
C.) The comma after "glasses"
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
D.) The period at the end of the sentence Ans - C.) The comma after "glasses"
A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
Please don't take what I said so personally.
B.) The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe, and sweet.
Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" as used in the sentence above?
C.) She spent all afternoon studying for the biology test; but she neglected to work on her
psychology paper.
A.) Article
D.) The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show his art to anyone. Ans -
B.) Adjective
A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
C.) Verb
Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?
D.) Adverb Ans - D.) Adverb
A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you didn't want him to run
into Blayne."
He had to fill out a health history ____ before seeing the doctor.
B.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica. "If you didn't want him to run
A.) questionnaire
into Blayne."
B.) questionaire
C.) You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica "if you didn't want him to run
into Blayne."
C.) questionnare
D.) questionairre Ans - A.) questionnaire
, Which of the following sentences contains an indirect object? C.) With gingivitis, the gums become red and swollen and van bleed easily.
A.) Melissa walked to the grocery store for milk. D.) If left untreated, gingivitis can cause periodontitis, in which the gums pull away from the teeth,
and can eventually lead to infection and bone loss. Ans - B.) Gingivitis is a mild form of gum
B.) Dante skimmed the magazine while waiting in the lobby. disease, in which bacteria causes inflammation of the gums.
C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems. Which of the following sentences from a paragraph about yoga is the topic sentence?
D.) Sara went to the movie with Amal. Ans - C.) Jorge assigned the class some math problems. A.) The word "yoga" was mentioned in the Vedas, a collection of texts containing songs, mantras,
and rituals used by Vedic priests.
The plump old white cat basked in the warm sunlight.
B.) By the late 1800s, yoga masters from India began to travel to the West, attracting followers.
Which of the following options correctly punctuates the sentence above?
C.) After a few hundred years, Yoga masters rejected the teachings of the ancient Vedas and
A.) The plump, old, white cat basked in the warm sunlight embraced the physical body as the means to achieve enlightenment.
B.) The plump, old, white, cat basked in the warm sunlight D.) The practice of yoga first developed in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over
5,000 years ago. Ans - D.) The practice of yoga first developed in the Indus-Sarasvati civilization
C.) The plump, old white cat basked in the warm sunlight. in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.
D.) The plump old white cat, basked in the warm sunlight. Ans - A.) The plump, old, white cat Which of the following examples from the paragraph about the Silk Road is a transition sentence?
basked in the warm sunlight.
A.) The Silk Road got its name from Chinese silk, which was a major item traded along the route.
Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
B.) However, there were many other important trade items, some of which would end up changing
A.) Miniscool the world forever.
B.) Minature C.) Because the Silk Road was not just one single road, historians also use the term "Silk Routes" to
describe the network.
C.) Maintainance
D.) The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes that stretched from China through India
D.) Millennium Ans - D.) Millennium all the way to Africa, Greece, Rome, and Great Britain. Ans - B.) However, there were many other
important trade items, some of which would end up changing the world forever.
Which of the following options contains a possessive pronoun?
Which of the following is the correct sequence to place the following sentences to construct a well-
A.) If the patient chooses to leave, let them know the right to do so is theirs. organized paragraph?
B.) When we support patients in these ways, the hospital's mission is accomplished. I. Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, felt President McKinley symbolized the injustice of American Society.
C.) Take personal items to the front desk once you are finished. II. Czolgosz shot McKinley twice, and President McKinley died a week later from gangrene caused
by the bullet wounds.
D.) This hospital has some problems, no doubt. Ans - A.) If the patient chooses to leave, let them
know the right to do so is theirs. III. On September 6, 1901, President McKinley became the third American president to be
assassinated, after Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield.
Which of the following sentences from a paragraph about gingivitis is the topic sentence?
IV. On that September day, President McKinley was at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, NY,
A.) Gingivitis can be reversed by daily brushing, flossing, and regular dental cleanings. shaking hands with the public. Ans - III, IV, I, II
B.) Gingivitis is a mild form of gum disease, in which bacteria causes inflammation of the gums. Which of the following is an incomplete sentence?
