Teas English practice tests|134
Questions with Solutions
(comma practice)
For the Thanksgiving reunion, relatives were sitting in the dining room, on
the porch, and in the carport.
A. Thanksgiving, reunion
B. Were, sitting
C. Porch and
D. No error - -D. No error
-Lydia seems to be a kind, considerate girl.
A. Seems, to
B. Considerate, girl
C. Kind considerate
D. No error - -D. No error
-This fishing pole Nathan, has seen better days.
A. Pole, Nathan,
B. Has, seen
C. Nathan,
D. No error - -A. Pole, Nathan,
-My cousin has moved to 56 Central Street Narragansett, Rhode Island
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A. Has moved,
B. Central Street,
C. 56, Central
D. No error - -B. Central Street,
-The badger, a shy animal sometimes makes friends with a coyote.
A. Sometimes, makes
B. Friends, with
C. A shy animal,
D. No error - -C. A shy animal,
-After the death of Blackbeard, the famous pirate, piracy disappeared from
the coast of the American colonies.
A. The famous pirate
B. After the death,
C. Coast, of
D. No error - -D. No error
,-"Silent Night" was written by two men from the village of Oberndorf Austria.
A. men, from
B. Silent Night,
C. Oberndorf, Austria
D. No error - -C. Oberndorf, Austria
-On November 19, 1929 Admiral Richard E. Byrd flew the Floyd Bennett to
the base of the Queen Maud Mountains.
A. Base, of
B. The, Queen
C. 1929,
D. no error - -C. 1929,
-Oh I forgot to bring the cookies.
A. Oh,
B. I, forgot
C. To, bring
D. No error - -A. Oh,
-"The boy in the kayak," whispered Sue "is the new football captain."
A. Boy, in the
B. New, football
C. Whispered Sue,
D. No error - -C. Whispered Sue,
-Everyone in the bank-including the manager and the tellers, ran to the door
when the fire alarm rang.
A. tellers, ran
B. tellers:ran
C. tellers, had run
D. tellers-ran
E. tellers' ran" - -D. tellers-ran
-To no ones surprise, Joe didn't have his homework ready.
A. no ones surprise
B. noones surprise
C. no-ones surprise
D. no ones' surprise
E. no one's surprise - -E. no one's surprise
-If he would have read "The White Birds," he might have liked William Butler
Yeats's poetry.
A. would have read
, B. could have read
C. would of read
D. could of read
E. had read - -E. had read
-After the hurricane, uprooted trees were laying all over the ground.
A. were laying
B. lying
C. were lying
D. were laid
E. was laid - -C. were lying
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), the great Transcendentalist
philosopher, wrote in his essay "Self-Reliance" of the need for an individual
to develop his capacities.
A. essay "Self-Reliance"
B. essay, "Self-Reliance"
C. essay: Self-Reliance
D. essay, Self-Reliance
E. essay; "Self-Reliance" - -A. essay "Self-Reliance"
-The recently built children's amusement park has been called " a boon to
the community " by its supporters and "an eyesore" by its harshest critics.
A. and "an eyesore" by its harshest
B. and, " an eyesore," by its harshest
C. and, an eyesore; by its harshest
D. and-an eyesore- by its' harshest
E. and-"an eyesore"- by its' harshest - -A. and "an eyesore" by its harshest
-I always have trouble remembering the meaning of these two common
verbs, affect (to change" or "to influence") and effect ("to cause" or " to
accomplish ) . "
A. " to accomplish ). "
B. " to accomplish" ).
C. "to accomplish).
D. To accomplish.
E. ( " to accomplish. " ) - -B. " to accomplish" ).
-My class just finished reading- " The Fall of the House of Usher ", a short
story by Edgar Allen Poe.
A. reading- " The Fall of the House of Usher",