which of the following words is an exception to a common spelling rule

ATI TEAS 7

TEAS Test English Questions

1. Which of the following words is an exception to a common spelling rule?

A. achievement
B. operation
C. changeable
D. deplorable

Correct answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is 'C: changeable.' This word is an exception to a common spelling rule where it retains the 'e' when adding the suffix '-able.' In contrast, choices A, B, and D follow standard spelling rules without exceptions.

2. Eventually, he stopped hiding the fact that he did not know Spanish and admitted that he had been deceiving them for months. Which of the following words is misspelled in the sentence above?

A. hiding
B. admitted
C. deceiving
D. eventually

Correct answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is 'B' – 'admitted'. The word 'admited' is misspelled; the correct spelling is 'admitted.' 'Hiding,' 'deceiving,' and 'eventually' are all spelled correctly in the sentence provided. 'Hiding' is the action of concealing something, 'deceiving' is the act of causing someone to believe something that is not true, and 'eventually' means at some later time or in the end. These words are correctly spelled and used in the context of the sentence.

3. What kind of error is present in the following sentence? This summer, I'm planning to travel to Italy, take a Mediterranean cruise, go to Pompeii, and eat a lot of Italian food.

A. Parallelism
B. Sentence fragment
C. Misplaced modifier
D. Subject-verb agreement

Correct answer: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A, parallelism. The sentence contains a parallelism error because the verbs in the list are not in the same grammatical form. In a parallel structure, all items in a list should be formatted consistently. In this case, 'take a Mediterranean cruise' and 'going to Pompeii' are not parallel. 'Go to Pompeii' should be corrected to 'visit Pompeii' to maintain parallelism. Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because the sentence is a complete sentence, does not have any misplaced modifiers, and does not involve subject-verb agreement errors.

4. Which of the following examples is a compound-complex sentence?

A. The puppy and his mother both had dark brown eyes and long, floppy ears.
B. The puppy and his mother looked exactly the same; both had shiny, dark brown eyes and long, floppy ears.
C. The puppy, who had dark brown, shiny eyes and long, floppy ears, looked just like his mother.
D. Even though the puppy was much smaller than his mother, his eyes were dark brown and shiny just like hers, and his ears were long and floppy, too.

Correct answer: D

Rationale: Sentence D is a compound-complex sentence because it contains two independent clauses ('Even though the puppy was much smaller than his mother' and 'his eyes were dark brown and shiny just like hers') and one dependent clause ('and his ears were long and floppy, too'). Choices A, B, and C do not meet the criteria for a compound-complex sentence as they lack a combination of independent and dependent clauses.

5. Which of the following sentences contains an incorrect use of capitalization?

A. For Christmas, we are driving to the South to visit my grandmother in Mississippi.
B. Last year, we went to East Texas to go camping in Piney Woods.
C. Next month, we will visit my Aunt Darla, who lives just east of us.
D. When my sister-in-law Susan has her baby, I will take the train north to see her.

Correct answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C. In this sentence, 'East' should not be capitalized because it is not part of a proper noun. Choices A, B, and D use capitalization correctly. In option A, 'South' and 'Mississippi' are capitalized as they are referring to specific regions. In option B, 'East Texas' and 'Piney Woods' are proper nouns and correctly capitalized. In option D, 'Susan' is a proper noun and capitalized appropriately.