ATI TEAS English Questions

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The word 'fresh' in the sentence is describing the noun 'approach,' indicating a quality or attribute of the noun. Therefore, 'fresh' is functioning as an adjective in this context. Adjectives modify and describe nouns or pronouns. In contrast, if 'fresh' was a noun, it would be the subject or object of the sentence. If it was a verb, it would indicate an action. As an adverb, it would modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb, which is not the case here. Thus, the correct answer is D (Adjective).

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D: effect; than. 1. "Effect" is the correct word choice to indicate the result of increasing bus fares on ridership. 2. "Than" is used to compare the impact on ridership to what was expected. 3. "Affect" is incorrect as it is a verb, not a noun like "effect". 4. "Then" is incorrect as it refers to time sequence, which is not relevant in this context.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D. The sentence should not have a comma before "because" as it is a coordinating conjunction connecting two independent clauses. Adding a comma would create a comma splice error. Choice A incorrectly adds a comma before "because." Choice B incorrectly separates "protesters" with a comma and adds a comma before "because." Choice C awkwardly places "protestors" at the end of the sentence and does not require a comma before "because." The correct answer, choice D, maintains the correct punctuation and syntax, making it the appropriate correction.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The underlined portion "to the student center" is a noun phrase as it functions as the object of the verb "report." Noun phrases can act as subjects, objects, or complements in a sentence. In this case, it completes the verb by specifying where the new students should report. Choices A, B, and C are incorrect because a dependent clause, adverbial phrase, and adjective clause do not describe the function of "to the student center" in the sentence.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The word 'exhaustive' is describing the nature of the inquiry, making it an adjective. Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns by providing more information about them. In this sentence, 'exhaustive' describes the type of inquiry conducted by the investigators. The word 'exhaustive' is not a noun, as it does not represent a person, place, thing, or idea; not a verb, as it does not show an action or state of being; and not an adverb, as it does not modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Therefore, the correct answer is D: Adjective.