ATI TEAS English Questions

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is B: Comma splice. A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are incorrectly joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction. In this sentence, "Some workers use all their sick leave" and "other workers cash out their leave" are both independent clauses. To correct the comma splice, you can either use a semicolon or add a coordinating conjunction like "and" after the comma. Summary: A: Parallelism - Not the error, as the sentence structure is not the issue. C: Sentence fragment - Not the error, as both parts are complete sentences. D: Subject-verb agreement - Not the error, as the subjects and verbs agree 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.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: "enabled him to quickly rise." This is the correct tense because the sentence is referring to a past action that already occurred. "Enabled" is the past tense form of the verb "enable," which accurately reflects that his rise through the ranks has already happened. Choice A (NO CHANGE) is incorrect because it doesn't change the verb tense to past tense, which is needed in this context. Choice B "are enabling him to quickly rise" is incorrect because it uses the present continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action, which doesn't match the context of a completed action in the past. Choice D "will enable him to quickly rise" is incorrect because it uses the future tense, suggesting that his rise through the ranks will happen in the future, which is not consistent with the context of the sentence talking about a past event.

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 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).