TEAS-style English & reading practice: cram pack

Formula sheets, the key method steps for every topic and 6 practice problems, with full solutions at the back.

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1Formulas and methods

Reading comprehension (entrance exams)

Method

  1. Read the question first so you know what you are looking for.
  2. Skim the passage for its topic and main point; the first or last sentence often states it.
  3. Go back to the exact lines that answer the question.
  4. For inferences, choose the option the clues most strongly support, not one that goes further.
  5. For labels and tables, apply every rule that fits the case and do the small calculation carefully.

English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)

Method

  1. Find the subject and the verb of the sentence before choosing a form.
  2. Strip away phrases (of the …, along with …) and extra people (you and …) to test agreement and pronoun case.
  3. Check each clause: can it stand alone? Join independent clauses with a comma + conjunction or a semicolon.
  4. Check modifiers and lists: the describing phrase next to its word, items in the same form.
  5. For word choice and register, pick the precise, formal and concise option.

Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)

Method

  1. Read the whole sentence and look for a context clue: a definition, a contrast, an example or a cause and effect.
  2. Split an unfamiliar word into prefix, root and suffix and translate each part.
  3. Read a medical term from the suffix back to the start (hepat-itis: inflammation of the liver).
  4. Put each option into the sentence and check that the meaning still fits.
  5. Choose the meaning used in this sentence, even if the word has another everyday meaning.

2Practice problems

1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Medium

A notice says: “The water will be turned off in Building C from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday for pipe repairs. Please store some water in advance.” What does the notice suggest residents should do?

  1. ARepair the pipes in their own apartments.
  2. BKeep some water ready before Thursday morning.
  3. CUse only bottled water until Friday night.
  4. DLeave Building C and stay away for the whole of Thursday.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard

The author writes: “All of my neighbours who drink coffee are energetic. So coffee must give everyone energy.” What is the flaw in this reasoning?

  1. AIt generalises from a small, unusual group.
  2. BIt gives too many examples to be useful.
  3. CIt does not mention the price of coffee.
  4. DIt uses facts instead of personal opinions.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium

Choose the correct word: “She is both smart ___ kind.”

  1. Abut
  2. Bnor
  3. Cand
  4. Dor
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard

Choose the correct verb: “If I ___ the answer, I would tell you.”

  1. Awill know
  2. Bknowed
  3. Cknew
  4. Dknow
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Use the appropriate size of cuff when measuring blood pressure.”

  1. ACheapest
  2. BNewest
  3. CSuitable
  4. DLargest
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard

Which word means “the formation of blood cells”?

  1. AHaematopoiesis
  2. BHaemoptysis
  3. CHaemolysis
  4. DHaemostasis

3Solutions

1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)

Answer: B · Keep some water ready before Thursday morning.

Why this is the answer

The notice asks residents to store water before the shutoff from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday. It does not ask them to leave or do repairs.

Answer

B · Keep some water ready before Thursday morning.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)

Answer: A · It generalises from a small, unusual group.

Why this is the answer

The author draws a conclusion about everyone from a handful of neighbours. This hasty generalisation ignores other explanations and people who do not fit.

Answer

A · It generalises from a small, unusual group.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)

Answer: C · and

Why this is the answer

The correlative conjunction “both … and” joins two equal ideas.

Answer

C · and
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)

Answer: C · knew

Why this is the answer

An unreal present condition uses the past tense in the if-clause and “would” + base verb in the main clause: “If I knew, I would tell you.”

Answer

C · knew
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)

Answer: C · Suitable

Why this is the answer

Appropriate means suitable or right for the situation.

Answer

C · Suitable
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)

Answer: A · Haematopoiesis

Why this is the answer

Haematopoiesis (US: hematopoiesis) is the production of blood cells, mainly in the red bone marrow; haemolysis is their destruction.

Answer

A · Haematopoiesis

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