Practice English TEAS TEST

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Editing while writing your first draft can hinder the flow of ideas and creativity, leading to inefficiency and wasted effort. By constantly revising, you may get stuck on perfecting details instead of focusing on getting your ideas down. This can slow down the writing process and impede progress towards completing the draft. It is crucial to allow ideas to flow freely during the initial draft stage without the distraction of editing. This approach helps in capturing all thoughts and ideas before refining and polishing them in subsequent editing stages.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The complete predicate includes the main verb and all its modifiers and complements. In this sentence, "explained that we would be the next to see the doctor" is the complete predicate. - "explained" is the main verb - "that we would be the next to see the doctor" is a modifier specifying what was explained. B: "next to see the doctor" is just a prepositional phrase, not a complete predicate. C: "explained that we would be next" is missing the final part "to see the doctor." D: "see the doctor" is just a verb phrase, not a complete predicate.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A: Stubborn. 'Intransigent' means unwilling to compromise or change one's views. In the sentence, Jolie's unwavering stance on the issue indicates stubbornness. Indefinite (B) means unclear or vague, which does not fit the context. Passionate (C) means having strong emotions or beliefs, but it doesn't capture the refusal to compromise. Outspoken (D) means vocal or candid, which is not the same as being unyielding.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: The correct answer is D: Halves. In English, the plural form of "half" is "halves." The rule for forming the plural of "half" is to replace the -f with -ves. This rule applies to many words ending in -f, making "halves" the correct plural form. A: Chieves is incorrect as the correct plural form of "chief" is "chiefs." B: Prooves is incorrect as the correct plural form of "proof" is "proofs." C: Razores is incorrect as the correct plural form of "razor" is "razors." Therefore, D is the correct answer as it follows the rule for forming the plural of words ending in -f.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C because the subject "couch and chair" is plural, so the verb "look" agrees with the plural subject. In choices A, B, and D, there is a mismatch in subject-verb agreement - A has a singular subject with a plural verb, B has a plural subject with a singular verb, and D has two separate items treated as a singular subject with a plural verb.