ATI TEAS 7 - ENGLISH & LANGUAGE
USAGE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
h Which of the following sentences contains a homophone?
A.) Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal path.
B.) As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.
C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
D.) The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher. - C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old
building, and everyone gathered to watch.
Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural form?
A.) Chieves
B.) Prooves
C.) Razores
D.) Halves - D.) Halves
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
B.) The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe, and sweet.
,C.) She spent all afternoon studying for the biology test; but she neglected to work on her psychology
paper.
D.) The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show his art to anyone. - A.) The
moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?
A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you didn't want him to run into
Blayne."
B.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica. "If you didn't want him to run into
Blayne."
C.) You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica "if you didn't want him to run into
Blayne."
D.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "If you didn't want him to run into
Blayne." - 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 punctuation marks correctly completes the sentence below?
I need an assistant who can do the following ___input data, edit reports, and maintain the website.
A.) ;
B.) :
C.) ,
D.) . - B.) :
,Which of the following punctuation marks is used incorrectly in the sentence below?
She put down her glasses, and her book; the train was starting to enter the long, dark tunnel.
A.) The semicolon after "book"
B.) The comma after "long"
C.) The comma after "glasses"
D.) The period at the end of the sentence - C.) The comma after "glasses"
Please don't take what I said so personally.
Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" as used in the sentence above?
A.) Article
B.) Adjective
C.) Verb
D.) Adverb - D.) Adverb
He had to fill out a health history ____ before seeing the doctor.
A.) questionnaire
B.) questionaire
C.) questionnare
, D.) questionairre - A.) questionnaire
Which of the following sentences contains an indirect object?
A.) Melissa walked to the grocery store for milk.
B.) hDante hskimmed hthe hmagazine hwhile hwaiting hin hthe hlobby.
C.) hJorge hassigned hthe hclass hsome hmath hproblems.
D.) hSara hwent hto hthe hmovie hwith hAmal. h- hC.) hJorge hassigned hthe hclass hsome hmath hproblems.
The hplump hold hwhite hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight. h
Which hof hthe hfollowing hoptions hcorrectly hpunctuates hthe hsentence habove?
A.) hThe hplump, hold, hwhite hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight
B.) hThe hplump, hold, hwhite, hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight
C.) hThe hplump, hold hwhite hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight. h
D.) hThe hplump hold hwhite hcat, hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight. h- hA.) hThe hplump, hold, hwhite hcat
hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight.
Which hof hthe hfollowing hwords his hspelled hcorrectly? h
A.) hMiniscool
B.) hMinature
USAGE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
h Which of the following sentences contains a homophone?
A.) Each evening, the young woman walked alone on the canal path.
B.) As water is heated up, it slowly begins to expand.
C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old building, and everyone gathered to watch.
D.) The previous tenant had been a chemistry teacher. - C.) By Sunday, they were ready to raze the old
building, and everyone gathered to watch.
Which of the following words is written correctly in its plural form?
A.) Chieves
B.) Prooves
C.) Razores
D.) Halves - D.) Halves
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated compound sentence?
A.) The moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
B.) The raspberries we just picked from the garden are ripe, and sweet.
,C.) She spent all afternoon studying for the biology test; but she neglected to work on her psychology
paper.
D.) The man often drew sketches in his room but he never liked to show his art to anyone. - A.) The
moonlight glowed white on the roof next door, and the sky was a gentle summer blue.
Which of the following demonstrates correct punctuation of a quotation?
A.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "if you didn't want him to run into
Blayne."
B.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica. "If you didn't want him to run into
Blayne."
C.) You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica "if you didn't want him to run into
Blayne."
D.) "You should have never invited Shane to that party," said Jessica, "If you didn't want him to run into
Blayne." - 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 punctuation marks correctly completes the sentence below?
I need an assistant who can do the following ___input data, edit reports, and maintain the website.
A.) ;
B.) :
C.) ,
D.) . - B.) :
,Which of the following punctuation marks is used incorrectly in the sentence below?
She put down her glasses, and her book; the train was starting to enter the long, dark tunnel.
A.) The semicolon after "book"
B.) The comma after "long"
C.) The comma after "glasses"
D.) The period at the end of the sentence - C.) The comma after "glasses"
Please don't take what I said so personally.
Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" as used in the sentence above?
A.) Article
B.) Adjective
C.) Verb
D.) Adverb - D.) Adverb
He had to fill out a health history ____ before seeing the doctor.
A.) questionnaire
B.) questionaire
C.) questionnare
, D.) questionairre - A.) questionnaire
Which of the following sentences contains an indirect object?
A.) Melissa walked to the grocery store for milk.
B.) hDante hskimmed hthe hmagazine hwhile hwaiting hin hthe hlobby.
C.) hJorge hassigned hthe hclass hsome hmath hproblems.
D.) hSara hwent hto hthe hmovie hwith hAmal. h- hC.) hJorge hassigned hthe hclass hsome hmath hproblems.
The hplump hold hwhite hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight. h
Which hof hthe hfollowing hoptions hcorrectly hpunctuates hthe hsentence habove?
A.) hThe hplump, hold, hwhite hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight
B.) hThe hplump, hold, hwhite, hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight
C.) hThe hplump, hold hwhite hcat hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight. h
D.) hThe hplump hold hwhite hcat, hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight. h- hA.) hThe hplump, hold, hwhite hcat
hbasked hin hthe hwarm hsunlight.
Which hof hthe hfollowing hwords his hspelled hcorrectly? h
A.) hMiniscool
B.) hMinature
