TSA Writing 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?
- The team of officers were ready.
- The team of officers was ready. (Correct answer)
- The team of officers are ready.
- The team of officers be ready.
Correct answer: The team of officers was ready.
"Team" is a singular collective noun, so it takes the singular verb "was."
Question 2: Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- Passengers, must remove laptops from bags.
- Passengers must remove laptops, from bags.
- Passengers must remove laptops from bags. (Correct answer)
- Passengers must, remove laptops from bags.
Correct answer: Passengers must remove laptops from bags.
No comma is needed in this simple, uninterrupted sentence.
Question 3: Which word is spelled correctly?
- Recieve
- Receive (Correct answer)
- Receeve
- Receve
Correct answer: Receive
"Receive" follows the "i before e except after c" rule.
Question 4: Identify the sentence with the correct use of an apostrophe.
- The officers badge was shiny.
- The officer's badge was shiny. (Correct answer)
- The officers' badge's were shiny.
- The officer,s badge was shiny.
Correct answer: The officer's badge was shiny.
A singular possessive noun takes an apostrophe plus s.
Question 5: Which sentence is grammatically complete?
- Because the alarm sounded.
- Running through the terminal quickly.
- The alarm sounded loudly. (Correct answer)
- When the passengers arrived late.
Correct answer: The alarm sounded loudly.
Only this option has both a subject and a complete predicate.
Question 6: Choose the correct homophone: "Please place your bags over ____."
- they're
- their
- there (Correct answer)
- thier
Correct answer: there
"There" indicates a place or location.
Question 7: Which sentence uses the correct verb tense for a completed past action?
- The officer has scan the bag yesterday.
- The officer scanned the bag yesterday. (Correct answer)
- The officer scanning the bag yesterday.
- The officer scan the bag yesterday.
Correct answer: The officer scanned the bag yesterday.
"Scanned" is the correct simple past tense for an action completed yesterday.
TSA Writing 2
Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?