ATI TEAS 6 ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE USAGE REAL EXAM

ATI TEAS 6 ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE USAGE REAL EXAM To be verbs - ANSWER- Am, is, are Nouns - ANSWER- "Person, place, thing, animal, idea, or feeling" are examples of what? Action verbs Passive verbs Linking verbs - ANSWER- What are the 3 types of verbs? Adjectives - ANSWER- What type of word modifies nouns and pronouns, primarily by describing a particular quality of the word they are modifying? Adverbs - ANSWER- What type of word or phrase modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ). Prepositional phrases - ANSWER- "In, out, around, about" are examples of what kind of phrases? Clauses - ANSWER- What is a string of two or more words, with a subject and a verb? Ex. When the saints go marching in Ex. Obediah Simpson is uglier than a rabid raccoon. Phrase - ANSWER- What is a string of two or more words, that do not have a subject and a verb? Ex. because of her glittering smile Ex. broken into thousands of pieces What is used to separate a quotation from interrupting text? - ANSWER- Comma Articles - ANSWER- "The (definite)" and "A & an (indefinite)" are examples of what kind of adjectives? First person - ANSWER- Point of view: Subjective Singular: I Plural: We Second person - ANSWER- Point of view: Singular: Mom can you grab the keys Plural: Everyone needs to raise their hand if they have a question Colon - ANSWER- What is used between a title and sub-title of a book? Third person - ANSWER- Point of view: "He, she, or it" Objective Coordinating conjunctions - ANSWER- What joins two or more words or phrases? 'For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so" Subordinating conjunction - ANSWER- What joins two or more clauses? "Because, though, although, as, as if, when, while' Nominalization - ANSWER- What is the term for making a noun from a verb, adverb, or adjective? Active verb - ANSWER- What kind of verb shows an action performed by the subject of the sentence? Ex. Sheila and tom take a walk in the park Passive verb - ANSWER- What kind of verb is past tense? Ex. Was cooked. Was seen. Sentence: Definition - ANSWER- In his wood working he used a type of file known as a rasp Sentence: Description - ANSWER- Allen is malcontent Sentence: Example - ANSWER- The menu listed such delicacies as frog legs, snails, etc. Sentence: Synonym - ANSWER- The ophthalmologist, or eye doctor told me to wear these Sentence: Antonym - ANSWER- Unlike life in the country, henderson was a quaint existence Comma - ANSWER- Parenthetical expressions should be offset by what? Sentence: Comparison - ANSWER- What kind of sentence explains how two items are similar? Sentence: Contrast - ANSWER- Emphasizes the differences rather than the similarities. Sentence: Explanation - ANSWER- He was awarded a degree posthumously; He died a month before graduation Semi colon - ANSWER- What precedes conjunctive adverbs? Prefix - ANSWER- What is added to the beginning of the word to modify it? Suffix - ANSWER- What is added to the end of the word to modify it? Root word - ANSWER- What is the root meaning of the word? Simple sentence - ANSWER- What type of sentence contains only one clause, and has complete meaning (independent clause)? Ex. Some students like to study in the mornings.