Ati Teas Secrets Study Guide - Teas 7 Prep Book, Six Full-Length Practice Tests (1,000+ Questions), Step-By-Step Video Tutorials: [Updated for the 7th: English and Language Use: Important Terms Flashcards


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compound noun

is a noun that is made up of two or more words; are sometimes written with hyphens

Ex: mother-in-law

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relative pronouns

include which, that, and who

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homophones

are words that sound alike (or similar), but they have different spellings and definitions

Ex: to vs too vs two

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Affect

(v) to alter, to change, to influence

(n) feeling, emotion, or mood that is displayed

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Effect

(v) to bring about, to cause to be

(n) a result, a consequence

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homographs

are words that share the same spelling, and they have multiple meanings

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Declarative sentence

gives information or makes a statement

Ex: I can fly a kite.

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imperative sentence

gives an order or command

Ex: Bring me that note.

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Direct quote

Ex: Nancy said, "I am waiting for Henry to arrive"

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Indirect quote

Ex: Henry said that he is going to be late to the meeting

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Quote inside a Quote

The teacher asked, "Has everyone read 'The Gift of the Magi'?"

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common nouns

are generic names for people, places, and things; are not usually capitalized

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proper nouns

name specific people, places, or things; are all capitalized

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General nouns

are the names of conditions or ideas (ex: beauty strength, truth)

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Collective nouns

are the names for a group of people, places, or things that may act as a whole

(ex: class, company, dozen, group, herd, public, team)

are all treated as singular units

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intensive pronouns include:

I myself, you yourself, he himself, she herself, etc

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Relative pronouns include:

which, who, whom, whose

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Interrogative pronouns include:

what, which, who, whom, whose

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Demonstrative pronouns include:

this, that, these, those

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Indefinite pronouns include:

all, any, each, everyone, either/neither, one, some, several

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Reciprocal pronouns include:

each other, one another

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transitive verb

is a a verb (drive, run, jump) whose action indicates a receiver (kangaroo, student)

Ex: She plays the piano

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intransitive verb

do not indicate a receiver of an action (aka does not point to a subject or object)

Ex: They slept

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Linking verb

connect the subject of a sentence to a noun or pronoun, or they connect a subject with an adjective

include: appear, be, become, feel, grow, seem, smell, sound, and taste

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Active voice

when the subject of the sentence is doing the action

ex: Jon drew the picture

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Passive voice

when the subject is acted upon

ex: The picture is drawn by Jon

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Articles

are adjectives that are used to distinguish nouns as definite or indefinite

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Definite nouns

are preceded by the article the and indicate a specific person, place, thing, or idea

ex: the bottle

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Indefinite nouns

are preceded by a or an and do not indicate a specific person, place, thing, or idea

ex: a bottle

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the positive degree

is the normal form of an adjective/adverb

ex: This work is dificult

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the comparative degree

compares one person or thing to another person or thing

ex: This work is more difficult than your work; she is smarter than me

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the superlative degree

compares more than two people or things

ex: this is the most difficult work of my life; She is the smartest lady in school

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adverb

is a word that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or adverb; a lot of them end with -ly

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conjunctions

join words, phrases, or clauses and they show the connection between the joined pieces

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coordination conjunctions

include: and, but, yet, or, nor, for, and so

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correlative conjunctions

include: either, or, neither, nor, not only, but also

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subordinating conjunctions

include: whenever, where, wherever, whether, while, before, because, unless, until, when, after, although, since, so that

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always singular pronouns

include: each, either, everybody, anybody, somebody, and nobody

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always plural pronouns

include: both, several, and many

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Participles

is a type of verbal that always functions as an adjective; always end in -ing

ex: praised for their work; shipwrecked on an island

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Gerunds

type of verbal that always acts as a noun; ends w/ -ing

ex: teaching this class

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infinitives

is a type of verbal that can function as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb: always functions as "to (verb)"

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Simple sentence structure

has one independent clause w/ no dependent clause

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Compound sentence structure

has two or more independent clauses

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Complex sentence structure

has one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

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Compound-Complex sentence structure

has at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause