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TEAS 7 READING
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
“Order of writing process - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Prewriting
- Drafting
- Revising
- Editing
- Publishing"
"revision - CORRECT ANSWER the flow sentences can be imporved"
"formal writing - CORRECT ANSWER for adressing a superior in a school or work environment
business letters, textbooks, and newspaper"
"use of semicolon - CORRECT ANSWER To separate independent clauses not connected by a
coordinating conjunction (and, but,"
"transition words - CORRECT ANSWER Words and devices that bring unity and coherence to a
piece of writing. Examples: however, in addition, and on the other hand."
"homophones - CORRECT ANSWER same sound, different meaning or spelling
-bearing/baring -cite/sight/site"
"homographs - CORRECT ANSWER same spelling, different meaning or sound
-tear/tear -park/park" "what punctuation fits best?
You are right___we should go with your plan. - CORRECT ANSWER semicolon"
"affect (v) - CORRECT ANSWER to alter, to change, to influence
- The sunshine affects the plant's growth"
"effect (n) - CORRECT ANSWER result, consequence
- what effect will this weather have on our schedule"
"effect (v) - CORRECT ANSWER to bring about, to cause to be
- These new rules with effect order in the office"
"declarative sentence - CORRECT ANSWER gives information or makes a statement"
"imperative sentence - CORRECT ANSWER sentence used to command or enjoin"
"adjective - CORRECT ANSWER A word that describes a noun
which one? what kind? how many?"
"conjunction - CORRECT ANSWER A word used to join words or groups of words"
"coordinating conjunction - CORRECT ANSWER FANBOYS=for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so"
"correlative conjunction - CORRECT ANSWER EITHER/OR, NEITHER/NOR, BOTH/AND join
pairs of ideas"
"Subordinating Conjunctions - CORRECT ANSWER if, as, since, when, because"
"general nouns - CORRECT ANSWER Names of conditions or ideas"
"collective nouns - CORRECT ANSWER name a group of people or things"
"pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER Replaces a noun. Examples: I, he, she, they, it, his"
"relative pronouns - CORRECT ANSWER who, whom, whose, which, that"
"gerund - CORRECT ANSWER A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun
"dangling modifier - CORRECT ANSWER a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly
stated in the sentence"
"cliches - CORRECT ANSWER overused expressions"
"jargon - CORRECT ANSWER used among peers of a trade or profession
- He is going to TOENAIL to these frames for us"
"slang - CORRECT ANSWER informal language
- Yes, that party was a BLAST"
"Collolquialism - CORRECT ANSWER word or phrase that is found in informal writing
WIll be familiar to a greater range of people
- Can YALL come back another time"
"1st person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER I, me, we"
"2nd person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER you"
"3rd person point of view - CORRECT ANSWER narrator is NOT involved in the story; uses "he,"
"she," "they most common POV"
"methods of developing paragraphs - CORRECT ANSWER illustrations
analogies cause and effect"
"narration paragraph - CORRECT ANSWER tells a story by presenting events in chronological
(time) order. Most narratives move in an orderly sequence from beginning to end, from first event to last"
"descriptive paragraph - CORRECT ANSWER makes a verbal portrait of a person, place, or
thing -sight, sound, smells, taste, touch"
"process paragraph - CORRECT ANSWER related time order
-first, you open up the bottle. Second, you pour the liquid"
"elements of the writing process - CORRECT ANSWER brainstorming
free writing planning drafting"
"brainstorming - CORRECT ANSWER used to help groups generate multiple ideas and
alternatives for solving problems with a paper and pen, write every thought you have about the topic in a word or phrase"
"free writing - CORRECT ANSWER the more structured form of brainstorming
take a limited amount of time to write everything that comes to mind about a topic"
"planning - CORRECT ANSWER process of organizing a piece of writing before composing a
draft creating an outline identify the topics, main ideas, and the general organization of the composition"
"drafting - CORRECT ANSWER using plan, outline, or graphic organizer to compose their first
draft"
"revising - CORRECT ANSWER first and broadest
"what is the purpose of writing an outline - CORRECT ANSWER helps writer create a draft"
"simple subject - CORRECT ANSWER the main word or word group that tells whom or what
the sentence is about" "what punctuation fits best?
Bob caught three fish___and I caught two fish. - CORRECT ANSWER comma"
"colons - CORRECT ANSWER must come after a complete ind. clause
used to call attention to the words that follow it ex- He started with an idea: "We are able to do more than we imagine.""
"affect (n) - CORRECT ANSWER feeling, emotion, or mood that is displayed
- The patient had a flat affect"
"articles - CORRECT ANSWER Three adjectives are articles: "a", "an", and "the". The two
indefinite articles are "a" and "an", because when you use them, you are describing a noun or pronoun that is "indefinite", or one of many. When you use "the", you are describing a specific noun or a "definite" one."
"adverb - CORRECT ANSWER A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
when? where? how? why?"
"preposition - CORRECT ANSWER A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to
another word in, around, beneath, among"
"direct object - CORRECT ANSWER a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb
"indirect object - CORRECT ANSWER a word in the predicate that tells to whom or for whom
something is done
- We taught THE OLD DOG a new trick"
"antecedent - CORRECT ANSWER the noun that the pronoun replaces"
"adjective clause - CORRECT ANSWER a subordinate clause that modifies a noun or pronoun"
"prepositional phrase - CORRECT ANSWER A group of words that begins with a preposition
and ends with a noun or pronoun.
- The picnic is ON THE BLANKET"
"verbal - CORRECT ANSWER word formed from a verb but acting as a noun, adjective, or
adverb -WALK a mile a day"
"participle - CORRECT ANSWER A verb form that can be used as an adjective
-dance/dancing/danced"
"interrogative sentence - CORRECT ANSWER A sentence that asks a question"
"simple sentence - CORRECT ANSWER one independent clause and no dependent"
"compound sentence - CORRECT ANSWER two or more independent clauses with no
dependent clause"
"complex sentence - CORRECT ANSWER ind. clause + dep. clause
-Although he had the flu, Harry went to work"
"compound complex sentence - CORRECT ANSWER at least 2 independent clauses and at
least 1 dependent clause
- John is my friend, who went to India, and he brought back the souveniers"
