TEAS English Questions

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: Rationale for Correct Answer (A): 1. Clarity: Answer A effectively revises the introduction by placing the focus on Mary Shelley as the English novelist who conceived of Dr. Frankenstein and the monster, highlighting her impact on literature and popular culture. 2. Conciseness: This answer maintains conciseness by directly stating the key points without unnecessary elaboration. 3. Logical Structure: The sentence flows logically and maintains a clear subject-verb-object structure, making it easy to understand the connection between Mary Shelley, Dr. Frankenstein, and their impact. Summary of Incorrect Choices: B. This choice shifts the focus to Dr. Frankenstein creating the monster, losing the emphasis on Mary Shelley's conception and impact. C. While this choice includes all the necessary elements, it lacks the clarity of choice A by not explicitly stating Mary Shelley as the English novelist behind the conception. D. This choice introduces unnecessary information about Mary Shelley's nationality, which distracts from the main point of her impact

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is B. In the words proactive, progress, and projecting, "pro-" is a prefix that means before/forward/front. This is evident in the meanings of the words themselves. Proactive means taking action before a situation arises, progress means moving forward, and projecting means extending or thrusting forward. Therefore, "pro-" in these words indicates something happening before or moving forward. The other choices are incorrect because "pro-" in these words does not indicate good/on top of/over (A), after/behind/in back of (C), or against/under/below (D).

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A: Suffix; verb; noun. - 'Tion' is a suffix added to verbs to form nouns. - Suffixes are added at the end of a word to change its meaning or function. - Therefore, '-tion' turns a verb (action word) into a noun (person, place, thing, or idea). Other choices are incorrect because: B: Affixes can be prefixes, suffixes, or infixes but '-tion' is specifically a suffix, not an affix in general. C: Prefixes are added at the beginning of a word, not at the end like '-tion'. D: Infixes are inserted within a word, which is not the case for '-tion'.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D because both "as a class" and "into small groups" are prepositional phrases. A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition (as, into), its object (class, groups), and any modifiers (a, small). "When we arrive" is not a prepositional phrase as "when" is a subordinating conjunction, not a preposition, making choice B incorrect. Choice D correctly identifies both prepositional phrases while excluding the non-prepositional phrase in choice B.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The prefix "an-" in medical terminology typically indicates "without." In this case, "anaesthetic" means without sensation. The medication causes a temporary loss of feeling, indicating the absence of sensation. Therefore, the correct answer is A: without. Choices B, C, and D are incorrect as they do not align with the meaning of the term anaesthetic in medical usage. "Against" (choice B) would imply opposing sensation, "away" (choice C) would suggest the removal of sensation, and "before" (choice D) does not relate to the concept of sensation in this context.