TEAS-style English and reading practice questions

Practice for the reading and the English and language usage sections of nursing school entrance tests such as the ATI TEAS. Reading questions use short original passages, notices, labels and tables and ask about the main idea, details, inferences, sequence, the author’s purpose and tone, and fact versus opinion. English questions cover parts of speech, subject–verb agreement, pronouns, verb tenses, punctuation, sentence structure, spelling, commonly confused words and formal register. Vocabulary questions practise meaning from context and the prefixes, roots and suffixes of healthcare words.

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About the exam and how to practise

The passages here are short and written for practice; the real test may use longer texts and more than one question per passage, but the skills are the same. Read the explanation after every question: it shows the clue in the passage or the grammar rule behind the answer. Check the exam organisation’s candidate information for the current content outline.

Topics in this course

  1. Reading comprehension (entrance exams)key terms and facts · applying the concepts · cases and analysismultiple choice
  2. English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)key terms and facts · applying the concepts · cases and analysismultiple choice
  3. Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)key terms and facts · applying the concepts · cases and analysismultiple choice

Exam tips for TEAS-style English & reading practice

  • Read the question before the passage so you know what to look for.
  • Watch for not, except, only and always in reading questions.
  • For grammar, find the subject and the verb first, then check agreement and punctuation.
  • Break unfamiliar words into prefix, root and suffix.

Example questions

Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Easy

“Please do not feed the ducks bread,” says a sign by the pond. “Bread can make them ill. Use the duck food sold at the kiosk instead.” What does the sign suggest instead of bread?

  1. ADuck food from the kiosk
  2. BLeftover rice from home
  3. CFresh fruit
  4. DSeeds from the garden
Show hints
  1. Look at the last sentence.
  2. Two wrong answers are now crossed out. One of the remaining two is right.
Show the answer and explanation

Why this is the answer

The sign suggests buying duck food at the kiosk instead of giving bread.

Answer

A · Duck food from the kiosk
English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium

Which spelling is correct for the word that means “to provide room for”?

  1. Aacomodate
  2. Baccommodate
  3. Caccomodate
  4. Dacommodate
Show hints
  1. It has room for two c’s and two m’s.
  2. Two wrong answers are now crossed out. One of the remaining two is right.
Show the answer and explanation

Why this is the answer

“Accommodate” has a double c and a double m.

Answer

B · accommodate

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  • Mock exams are timed and have no hints, and you get your score and a full review at the end.

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