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: 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 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: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C because it correctly places the commas to separate the location information. "in Maywood" and "of Chicago, Illinois" are both used to describe the location, so they should be separated by commas. Choice A doesn't use any commas, which creates confusion. Choice B incorrectly places "of Chicago, Illinois" after "Maywood," which disrupts the flow of the sentence. Choice D incorrectly switches the order of the locations, making the sentence awkward and unclear. The correct answer, C, maintains clarity and proper punctuation.

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).