TSI Study Guide 2026

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📋 TSI Exam Format at a Glance

Questions

90 min

Time Limit

90%

Passing Score

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📚 TSI Topics to Study (57)

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✍️ Sample TSI Questions & Answers

1. Choose the best revision to eliminate redundancy: "He returned back to the office at 9 a.m. in the morning."

✓ He returned to the office at 9 a.m.

"Returned" already implies "back," and "9 a.m." already means morning.

2. What is the most logical concluding sentence for a paragraph about the benefits of reading?

✓ Therefore, regular reading strengthens both knowledge and imagination.

It summarizes the paragraph's benefits and signals closure with "therefore."

3. Rewrite, beginning with: The drama club had to … the next words should be:

✓ reschedule the picnic because of rain.

The correct answer provides the most concise and grammatically sound completion of the sentence. It directly states the action and the reason without unnecessary words or awkward phrasing. The other options are either redundant or grammatically less efficient.

4. Solve: x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.

✓ x = 2 or x = 3

Factors as (x - 2)(x - 3) = 0, so x = 2 or x = 3.

5. An author writes in a passionate, urgent tone about deforestation. Which word best describes the author's tone?

✓ Impassioned

"Impassioned" means filled with strong emotion or urgency. A writer describing deforestation passionately and urgently conveys alarm and concern, which fits "impassioned."

6. A writer wants to add a counterargument paragraph to an essay about the benefits of online learning. Where should this paragraph appear?

✓ After presenting the main supporting arguments, before the conclusion

Counterarguments are most effective after the writer has established credibility through supporting arguments. Addressing them before the conclusion shows fairness and allows the writer to refute them.

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