ATI TEAS English Questions

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: Misplaced modifier. In the sentence, "Forgetting that he was supposed to meet his girlfriend for dinner," the modifier "Forgetting" is meant to describe Fred, but it is placed next to Anita instead. This creates confusion as it seems Anita is the one forgetting. The correct structure should be "Forgetting that he was supposed to meet his girlfriend for dinner, Fred was mad when he showed up late." A: Parallelism - Not relevant to the error in the sentence. B: Run-on sentence - The sentence is not a run-on as it has a clear subject and verb structure. D: Subject-verb agreement - The subject and verb agreement is correct in the sentence.

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: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A: Parallelism. In the sentence, the actions "travel to Italy," "take a Mediterranean cruise," and "go to Pompeii" should be parallel in structure to maintain consistency. The final action "eat a lot of Italian food" does not match the structure of the previous actions. Therefore, the lack of parallelism creates an error in the sentence. The other choices are incorrect because: B: Sentence fragment - The sentence is a complete sentence and not a fragment. C: Misplaced modifier - There are no misplaced modifiers in the sentence. D: Subject-verb agreement - There are no issues with subject-verb agreement in the sentence.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: Misplaced modifier. In the sentence, "Forgetting that he was supposed to meet his girlfriend for dinner," the modifier "Forgetting" is meant to describe Fred, but it is placed next to Anita instead. This creates confusion as it seems Anita is the one forgetting. The correct structure should be "Forgetting that he was supposed to meet his girlfriend for dinner, Fred was mad when he showed up late." A: Parallelism - Not relevant to the error in the sentence. B: Run-on sentence - The sentence is not a run-on as it has a clear subject and verb structure. D: Subject-verb agreement - The subject and verb agreement is correct in the sentence.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D, "Charlotte's new German shepherd puppy." This is the noun phrase because it consists of a noun ("puppy") modified by multiple determiners and adjectives ("Charlotte's," "new," "German shepherd"). The possessive pronoun "Charlotte's" indicates ownership, "new" describes the age of the puppy, and "German shepherd" provides additional information about the type of puppy. The other choices are incorrect because: A: "Puppy" is a noun but does not include all the modifiers present in the complete noun phrase. B: "Charlotte" is a proper noun and not a noun phrase. C: "German shepherd puppy" is close but lacks the possessive determiner "Charlotte's" and the adjective "new" that are part of the complete noun phrase.