ATI TEAS English Practice Test

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: Childlike. The suffix "-like" is added to the root word "child" to create the adjective "childlike." The suffix "-like" is commonly used to form adjectives indicating resemblance or similarity to the root word. The other choices, A: Created, B: Pointing, and D: Suburbanite, do not follow this pattern as their suffixes do not change the root words into adjectives. "Created" is a past participle, "Pointing" is a present participle, and "Suburbanite" is a noun.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C. This sentence is punctuated correctly because it uses commas to set off the nonessential elements "San Francisco, California" and "from June 2011". The main sentence "One of my favorite places to visit is San Francisco" stands alone without these additional details. Choice A: Incorrect - There should not be a comma before "California" as it is an essential part of the location. Choice B: Incorrect - The same error as in Choice A, with an unnecessary comma before "California". Choice D: Incorrect - The comma after "June" is unnecessary and disrupts the flow of the sentence.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A: To go around. "Circumvent" means to find a way around something, avoiding it. The prefix "circum-" means around or about. So, circumvent literally means to go around an obstacle. Choices B, C, and D do not accurately define circumvent. B: To go under, suggests going beneath something rather than around it. C: To come near, implies getting closer to something rather than avoiding it. D: To come through, means to successfully navigate through something, which is not the same as going around it.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is B because it contains a dependent clause "after it ate." A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and relies on an independent clause to form a complete thought. In this case, "after it ate" does not express a complete idea on its own and depends on the independent clause "The cat sat on the mat" to make sense. Choices A, C, and D do not contain dependent clauses. Choice A is a simple sentence with no dependent clause. Choice C is a simple future tense sentence without a dependent clause. Choice D is a present continuous sentence without a dependent clause. Therefore, the correct answer is B as it clearly demonstrates the presence of a dependent clause within the sentence structure.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A: is. In this sentence, "Neither" is a singular pronoun, so it should be followed by a singular verb form. "Is" is the correct singular form of the verb "to be" for the pronoun "Neither." Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because they all represent plural verb forms, which do not agree with the singular subject "Neither." The verb "are" in choice B is plural, "were" in choice C is past tense and does not agree with the present tense of the sentence, and "be" in choice D is an infinitive form and does not match the subject-verb agreement required in this sentence.