TEAS English and Language section Flashcards
Exceptions for I before e
Caffeine neither, weird
Rules for I before e
I comes before e except after or when sounding like a
Drop e when
Adding a suffix if it begins with a vowel
Drop the e exceptions
Duly, peaceable truly
Double final consonant
when adding a suffix to a root that ends in a single consonant, double the consonant
if a single vowel precedes the consonant and the consonant ends an accented syllable or one-syllable word.
Do not double consonant
looping, lighted, visit
Exceptions to doubling final consonant
traveling/ travelling, canceled/ cancelled
words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z
add -es to end
words ending in -f or -fe
change f to v and add -es
exceptions to plurals
proofs (proof + s), roofs (roof + s), chiefs (chief + s)
homophones
words spelt differently, but make same noise
homographs
words spelt same with different meanings
simple sentence
has one independent clause
subject, predicate, verb, and modifiers
compound sentence
2 independent clauses
has coordinating conjunction
Change y to i
add suffix to word ending in y preceded by a consonant, unless suffix begins with i
consonant before y
change y to i
vowel before y
keep y
suffix begins with i
keep y
Exceptions to change y to i
memorize (memory + ize), daily (day + ly)
simple plurals
add just an s to end
complex sentence
independent clause and dependent clause with a subordinating conjunction
compound complex
2 x independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clause
predicate
explains what subject does/ is like
progressive tense
incomplete/currently happening
perfect tense
completed
formal language style
longer sentences, 3rd person (who, what, where, when, why, how)
formal language tone
serious and neutral
formal language register
formal vocab
informal language style
first/second person
informal language tone
ironic, satirical, humerous
informal language register
slang, colloquialisms
when to use hyphenations
before proper noun/adjective
self-, ex-, and all-
when it adds clarity
a-
not
anti-
against/opposite
dys-
ill, bad
hyper-
a lot, too much
hypo-
a little, not enough
inter-
between, among
intra-
within
mid-
middle
pre-
before
non-
not
sub-
under, below
super-
above, beyond
supra-
above
un-
not
-s, -es, -it’s
Plurals
-Ed
Last tense
-ing
Progressive/continuous
-er
Comparative
-ate
Superlative
-tion, -ation
Indicating an acting, state, or condition
-ful
Full of
-ic
Having the characteristic of
-less
Without
-ness
Indicating state, condition, or quality
-logy, -ology
Branch of knowledge or science
-ous
Full of
-ise-ize
Changes noun to verb
-ly
Changes adjective to verb
-ly
Changes adjective to adverb
-able, -ible
Changes verb to adjective
-like
Changes noun to adjective
-ist
Class-maintaining, retained in a noun
Noun
A person, place, thing, or idea
Pronoun
A word that takes place of noun
Verb
An action word
Adjective
A word that describes a noun
Adverb
A word that modified a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Preposition
A word that shows the relationship to a noun or pronoun to another word
Conjunction
A word that joins two phrases or sentences
Interjections
A word that expresses emotion
