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Which of the following transitional expressions should a student use to compare two ideas?

A. In addition

B. Likewise

C. Therefore

D. For instance

Answer Explanation:

likewise is used when you are comparing two methods, states, or situations and saying that they are similar .

Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.

More Questions on TEAS 7 Language

  • Q #1: Singing is my favorite activity.   "Singing" functions as which of the following parts of speech in the sentence above?

    A. Noun

    B. Adjective

    C. Preposition

    D. Adverb

    Answer Explanation

    Signing in this sentence describes a noun as it is a “thing” rather than an action.

     

  • Q #2: Which of the following sentences correctly follows the rules of capitalization?

    A. I plan to enroll in College next year.

    B. Even though he moved to New York, he was born in a Western town.

    C. The Geography students took a class trip to the Rocky Mountains,

    D. The A1 Plumbing Board of Directors gave every employee a raise

    Answer Explanation

    A capital letter is used for the first word of a sentence and for all proper nouns (words that name a specific person, place, organization, or thing). Capitalization in D is used to indicate the organization and compared to other others that do not follow the requirements for using capital letters, it makes D the correct answer.

  • Q #3: Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

    A. The horse rode to our house, the beach, and around the church, before he started to tire.

    B. We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful.

    C. The ladies's hats were all purple; they looked so pretty.

    D. The strong heavyset fighter won his first fight, and he was featured in the newspaper.

    Answer Explanation

    "We sat down to eat our meal outside; the night was beautiful." The semicolon (;) is used correctly in this choice.

    Choice A has a comma before and which makes it incorrect.
    Choice C has an s after the apostrophe in ladies's, hence it is incorrect.

    Choice D also has a comma before and making it incorrect.
    Note: And is a joining word and hence should not have commas before or after it.