TACHS Language : TACHS: Language

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for TACHS Language

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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Adjectives Describing Quality, Quantity, And Variety

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Excessive

Deficent

Conspicuous

Diverse

No mistakes

Correct answer:

Deficent

Explanation:

This question tested your ability to spot an often easy to overlook error, a missing "i" verb. The reason this is easy to miss is purely visual, in the middle of a visually complex word like "deficient" it is almost natural to overlook a missing letter. It is important, when proofreading or having your spelling tested, to give words an extra look, to make sure that your eye hasn't naturally filled in a missing letter.

The rest of these adjectives are all spelled correctly.

Example Question #1 : Spelling

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Instantaneously

Urgently

Zelously

No mistakes

Wryly

Correct answer:

Zelously

Explanation:

The correct spelling for the word "zealously" has an "a" after the "e." You could have known this by simply knowing the correct spelling, or realizing that this adverb would be based on the word "zeal," which includes an "a" after the "e." The rest of the options were correctly spelled adverbs.

Example Question #1 : Nouns

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Explanation

No mistakes

Comotion

Demotion

Promotion

Correct answer:

Comotion

Explanation:

The only word that is misspelled is "comotion," which is missing an "m." "Commotion" is the correct spelling. All the other given options are spelled correctly.

Example Question #2 : Nouns

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Calamitty

Chicanery

No mistakes

Amity

Solemnity

Correct answer:

Calamitty

Explanation:

"Calamity," when spelled correctly, uses only one "t" preceding the "y." All the other options are correctly spelled.

Example Question #3 : Nouns

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Virtuoso

Pundit

No mistakes

Diciple

Goon

Correct answer:

Diciple

Explanation:

The given options are all words used to describe different kinds of people (making them all, obviously, nouns). "Disciple," however, needs to have an "s" preceding the "c."

Example Question #1 : Spelling

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Appease

Impress

Brood

No mistakes

Vex

Correct answer:

No mistakes

Explanation:

The given words are all verbs describing emotional changes or states. All of them are spelled correctly.

Example Question #2 : Tachs: Language

Select the word from the given options that is misspelled. If all the given words are spelled correctly select "No mistakes."

Possible Answers:

Drench

No mistakes

Dry

Impede

Soak

Correct answer:

No mistakes

Explanation:

The given options are all verbs pertaining to the act of changing something's physical state. They are all spelled correctly, so the only correct answer is "no mistakes."

Example Question #1 : Tachs: Language

Select from the given options the one that includes a usage error. If all of the options are correct, select "no mistakes."

Possible Answers:

We had a terrible time at the football game. It was bitter cold.

I sincerely do not like football.

No mistakes

The brain trauma issue deeply bothers me, especially when the players are not being paid.

Correct answer:

We had a terrible time at the football game. It was bitter cold.

Explanation:

The example sentence erroneously uses an adjective where an adverb is needed. "Bitter," in this context, modifies the verb "was," and therefore should be replaced by the adverb "bitterly." If the cold were being used as a noun, then the adjective form of "bitter" would be appropriate—for example, "We were wrapped in a bitter cold."

Example Question #1 : Case

Select from the given options the one that includes a usage error. If all of the options are correct, select "no mistakes."

Possible Answers:

I have no clear idea who I am speaking to.

No mistakes

Listen, I'm reaching the limits of my patience.

Excuse me, could you say that again?

Correct answer:

I have no clear idea who I am speaking to.

Explanation:

The correct choice features a very common error of pronoun case, which leads the sentence to incorrectly conclude with a preposition. Rather than using the subjective-case "who" in saying "who I am speaking to," it is correct to use the objective-case "whom." Sentences should never, in academic writing, end with a preposition.

Example Question #1 : Tachs: Language

Select from the given options the one that includes a usage error. If all of the options are correct, select "no mistakes."

Possible Answers:

If you cross the street carelessly, you never know what might happen.

No mistakes

Kent was extremely sad; he had been thinking about cross the street an unhealthy amount

It is very important to look both ways when one crosses the street because you never know when a car might come.

Correct answer:

It is very important to look both ways when one crosses the street because you never know when a car might come.

Explanation:

The correct answer features inconsistent pronoun usage. Since the sentence first uses the pronoun "one," the sentence must remain consistent in its usage of that pronoun. It is incorrect to follow "one" (when used as a pronoun) with "you." The correct version of the sentence reads, "It is very important to look both ways when one crosses the street because one never knows when a car might come." This question interrogates the principle of consistent pronoun usage. None of the other options included any grammatical errors.

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