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TEAS 170 questions & answers Overview; Math,Science, Reading ,English and Language Usage

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Preparing for the Test of Essential Academic Skills/TEAS A Presentation by the Learning and Tutoring Centers at Perimeter College at Georgia State University TEAS Overview O Consists of 170 questions O 150 questions scored O 20 questions experimental (unscored) O Covers the following topics: O Math (34 questions) O Science (54 questions) O Reading (48 questions) O English and Language Usage (34 questions) TEAS English and Language Usage Sub-Skills O Parts of Speech O Pronouns and Antecedents O Subject-Verb Agreement O Verb Tense O Passive vs. Active Voice O Mechanics O Spelling O Punctuation O Capitalization O Sentence Types and Sentence Structure O Point of View O Defining Difficult Vocabulary Test Taking Strategies 1. Try to answer every question; educated guesses are better than skipping a problem. You don’t have to answer every problem in the order. If you feel stumped, lightly circle a question so you know to come back to it later. 2. The test is multiple choice. For every question, eliminate one or two choices that are obviously wrong. 3. Watch your time. You have 34 minutes to answer all 34 English Language Usage questions. 4. Take care of yourself. Eat a good breakfast-carbohydrates, protein, and not too much sugar. Get at least 7-9 hours of sleep. Drink water! 5. Be prepared. Arrive at least 30 minutes early to your testing location. Bring two forms of I.D. as well as your test registration confirmation. Identifying Parts of Speech O Nouns and Pronouns O Verbs O Adjectives O Adverbs O Conjunctions O Prepositions Nouns and Pronouns O NOUNS are words that name people, places, ideas, qualities, measures O COMMON NOUNS name a general person, place, thing or idea O PROPER NOUNS name a specific person, place, thing or idea. Proper nouns are capitalized. O PRONOUNS are words that rename or take the place of nouns, e.g. he, she, it, they, us and we Some Capitalization Rules 1. Capitalize proper nouns and words formed from them. Marian Harvey, Ph.D. Miss Anne Martin Aunt Mary Professor Jones Alexander the Great 2. Capitalize titles only when they refer to a specific person. Dr. Johnson, to become a medical doctor, you must attend medical school. 3. Do not capitalize titles of relationship when a personal pronoun comes before. Have you seen my aunt, Mary? 4. Capitalize geographical names: Paris, France, French culture 5. Capitalize dates: months, days of the week, holidays, historic periods, events. January, Sunday, Thanksgiving, The Middle Ages, The Civil War NOTE: Do not capitalize names of seasons: spring, summer, fall, winter. 6. Capitalize points of the compass only when they refer to recognized specific regions or part of a proper name. Do not capitalize when they indicate a direction. They are attending school in the South. Miss Collins is an expert on the Middle East. North Dakota and South Dakota are west of Minnesota. Capitalization Pra

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