TEAS English Language and Usage Questions and Answers 2026/2027 (20pages)

What is the mnemonic for the I before E rule? - answerI before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh. Exceptions to the I Before mnemonic include? - answercaffeine neither weird "He was relieved when he found he wieghed the same after his week-long cruise." What word is spelled incorrectly in the sentence? Explain/what rule. - answerwieghed sounds like A, which means I goes AFTER E Drop the final E rule - answerwhen adding a suffix to a word ending in E, the general rule is to drop the E if the suffix begins with a vowel, but to keep the E if the suffix begins with a consonant. ex: ride + ing= riding Words that apply to the Drop the final E rule where the suffix beginning in a vowel - answerguide + ance= guideance hide + ing= hiding irritate + ing = irritating Words that ignore the drop the final E rule since the suffix begins with a consonant - answerarrange + ment = arrangement like + ly = likely like + ness= likeness Exceptions to the Drop the E rule - answerdue + ly = duly peace+ able = peaceable true +ly = truely "The senators negotiated until an arrangment could be agreed upon." What word is incorrect and why? - answerarrange ends with an E but the suffix -ment begins with a consonant so the E should not be dropped and the word should become arrangement Double the final consonant - answerwhen adding a suffix to a root that ends in a single consonant, double the consonant if a single vowel precedes the consonant and the consonant ends an accented syllable or one-syllable word. ex: admit + ed = admitted Using the double the final consonant rule, a word like light would become lighted when the suffix -ed is added. Why? - answerlight does not have a vowel before the consonant T, which would become lighted when the suffix is added Which words are correct: travel+ing= traveling or travelling cancel+ed= canceled or cancelled why? - answerthey are all correct; there is few cases where there isn't a definite spelling for a word (in relation to the double the final consonant rule). What are the exceptions to the double the final consonant rule? loop+ ing= __________ light + ed =__________ visit + ed= _____________ - answerlooping (vs loopping) lighted (vs lightted) visited (vs visitted) The conditions are met to which rule? permit + ed= permitted bat + ed = batted stop + ing = stopping - answerdouble the final consonant rule Change the Y to an I rule? - answerwhen you add a suffix to a word ending in Y preceded by a consonant, you change the Y to I unless the suffix begins with I. ex: beauty+ ful = beautiful but fray + ed = frayed (word ends with a vowel before y) consonant - answera letter that is not a vowel According to the Y before I rule, merry + ment= _________ pacify + ed = _____________ - answermerriment pacified there is a consonant before the Y so you change the y to an I According to change the final y to I rule.. annoy + ance = _________ - answerannoyance; there is a vowel before y According to change the final y to I rule.. lay + ing = _________ - answerlaying there is a vowel before y According to change the final y to I rule.. stay + ed = _________ - answerstayed there is a vowel before y According to change the final y to I rule.. apply + ing - answerapplying suffix begins in I According to change the final y to I rule..