TEAS 7 English Useful Links

Useful links for the English and Language Usage section. Click the titles to be redirected to the webpages.

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E1.2 Use conventions of standard English punctuation

• General punctuation guide Links to an external site. Is a guide for general punctuation rules.
• Expanded punctuation guide for comma usage Links to an external site.  This guide gives additional information on proper comma usage. Place emphasis on the first seven rules and the examples for comma abuse/misuse.

E1.3 Use correct sentence structures

• Parts of speech guide Links to an external site. A guide describing how to identify common parts of speech in a sentence.

E2.1 Use grammar to enhance clarity in writing

• Subject verb agreement Links to an external site. The form of a verb changes based on if the subject is plural or singular. For example:
  • They are at the park.  (plural noun with "are" )
  • He is at the park.       (singular noun with "is")
  • One of the dogs is at the park. (Also singular noun with "is")
• Verb tenses Links to an external site. In English there are three verb simple tenses: past, present,future. The three simple tenses could also be modified by a progressive tense (on going) or perfect tense (completed in a set time frame) creating  nine possible outcomes.  There is also a "perfect progressive" tense which is not covered on TEAS.  Below is an example of the nine verb tenses in action:

  Table Showing the 9 Tenses of the Verb eat

  	Simple	Progressive /Continuous	Perfect
  Past	I ate	I was eating	I had eaten
  Present	I eat	I am eating	I have eaten
  Future	I will eat	I will start eating tomorrow morning	I will have eaten before noon tomorrow

  (note that the 3  continuous perfect forms are not shown in the above table)

E2.2 Evaluate if language meets the need of an audience

• List of common slang terms by decade Links to an external site. Has a list of common slang terms used in each decade. Do not memorize all the slang terms but get a feel of how slang language looked in each decade. The distinction between slang in the 2000,2010, and 2020 decades are small enough that students will not be expected to know exactly which decade they belong to.

E3.2 Determine the meaning of words by analyzing word parts

• List of common prefix and suffixes Links to an external site. While this list was intended for SAT test takers the vocabulary required for SAT and TEAS are extremely similar.
• List of medical terminology prefix and suffixes Links to an external site. Contains more terms than needed for the TEAS, but is a very useful list.