Main Idea & Supporting Details
Identify a main idea, distinguish supporting details, and write an accurate summary.
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Open lesson →ATI TEAS 7
TEAS Reading Study Guide
Build your understanding of passages, arguments, and visual evidence. Work through a lesson, try its checks, then practice applying the ideas.
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Key ideas & details
5 lessonsMaking Inferences
Combine textual clues to make an inference without adding unsupported assumptions.
About 14 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Drawing Conclusions
Choose conclusions that fit the evidence and its limits.
About 16 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Locating Information & Supporting Details
Find relevant information using text features and reference tools.
About 5 minutes reading · 4 quick checks · 6 practice questions
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Open lesson →Following & Auditing Written Directions
Follow ordered and conditional instructions, and check a completed procedure.
About 5 minutes reading · 4 quick checks · 6 practice questions
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Open lesson →Craft & structure
4 lessonsAuthor's Purpose & Tone
Use wording and evidence to identify purpose, tone, and point of view.
About 19 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Text Structure & Organization
Recognize organizational patterns and track events in time.
About 19 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Context Clues & Vocabulary
Infer a word’s meaning from definitions, examples, contrasts, and context.
About 5 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Fact, Opinion, Misconception & Bias
Distinguish factual claims, opinions, misconceptions, and biased framing.
About 5 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Integration of knowledge & ideas
5 lessonsPrimary & Secondary Sources
Evaluate a source’s role, reliability, relevance, and limitations.
About 5 minutes reading · 3 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Interpreting Charts, Maps & Visual Evidence
Read charts, maps, legends, and scales; check what a visual actually supports.
About 9 minutes reading · 5 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Comparing Themes Across Texts & Media
Compare themes and their development across texts and media.
About 8 minutes reading · 5 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Evaluating Claims, Evidence & Arguments
Evaluate claims, reasons, evidence, and gaps in an argument.
About 8 minutes reading · 5 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Integrating Multiple Sources & Formats
Combine sources while preserving differences in population, date, and method.
About 8 minutes reading · 5 quick checks · 8 practice questions
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Open lesson →Free Reading Practice Questions With Answers
Try these TEAS reading questions. Open “Show answer & explanation” to check your answer.
Question 1
Read the sentence: "The doctor diagnosed bradycardia, a condition in which the heart beats fewer than 60 times per minute." Based on context, the word "bradycardia" most likely means:
- A slow heart rate
- A fast heart rate
- An irregular heartbeat
- High blood pressure
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Answer: A slow heart rate
Why: The definition context clue set off by a comma ('a condition in which the heart beats fewer than 60 times per minute') directly states the meaning: a slow heart rate. 'A fast heart rate' is the opposite and unsupported; 'irregular heartbeat' is not described; 'high blood pressure' concerns pressure, not heart rate, and is not mentioned.
Question 2
Read the sentence: "The wound showed signs of erythema; the surrounding skin was noticeably red and inflamed." Using context clues, the word "erythema" most likely means:
- Redness and inflammation of the skin
- A deep cut in the skin
- Loss of feeling in the skin
- Dryness and flaking of the skin
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Answer: Redness and inflammation of the skin
Why: The synonym clue after the semicolon ('red and inflamed') restates erythema in plain words, so it means redness/inflammation of the skin. 'A deep cut' describes a wound, not redness; 'loss of feeling' and 'dryness and flaking' are never mentioned in the sentence.
Question 3
Read the sentence: "While acute conditions develop quickly, chronic illnesses progress slowly over months or years." Based on context, the word "chronic" most likely means:
- Long-lasting and slow to develop
- Sudden and short-lived
- Painful and severe
- Easily cured
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Answer: Long-lasting and slow to develop
Why: The antonym clue 'While' contrasts chronic with acute (which 'develop quickly'), and the phrase 'progress slowly over months or years' confirms chronic means long-lasting/slow. 'Sudden and short-lived' is the meaning of acute, the opposite; 'painful and severe' and 'easily cured' are not indicated by the contrast.
Question 4
Read the sentence: "The patient was prescribed antipyretics such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen to reduce his fever." Using context clues, the word "antipyretics" most likely means:
- Fever-reducing medications
- Vitamins that boost energy
- Antibiotics that fight infection
- Bandages used to cover wounds
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Answer: Fever-reducing medications
Why: The example clue 'such as acetaminophen and ibuprofen' plus the purpose 'to reduce his fever' shows antipyretics are fever-reducing medications. 'Vitamins' and 'bandages' don't match the drug examples; 'antibiotics that fight infection' is a different drug class not supported by 'reduce his fever.'
Question 5
Read the sentence: "After the accident, the patient showed signs of amnesia—he couldn't recall his name, where he lived, or how he got to the hospital." Based on context, the word "amnesia" most likely means:
- Memory loss
- Difficulty breathing
- Loss of muscle control
- Severe bleeding
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Answer: Memory loss
Why: The inference clue after the dash describes someone unable to recall his name, home, and arrival—all things a person normally remembers—pointing to memory loss. 'Difficulty breathing,' 'loss of muscle control,' and 'severe bleeding' are unrelated to the recall problems described.
Question 6
Read the sentences: "The patient was given a diuretic to reduce the edema in her ankles. The swelling had made it difficult for her to walk comfortably." Based on context, the word "edema" most likely means:
- Swelling
- Infection
- Pain
- Redness
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Answer: Swelling
Why: The synonym clue across the two sentences restates edema as 'the swelling,' so it means swelling. 'Infection' would involve warmth or pus (not mentioned); 'pain' is never stated—the swelling made walking hard; 'redness' does not appear in either sentence.
Question 7
Read the sentence: "Unlike the benign tumor, which was not life-threatening, the malignant growth required immediate treatment due to its aggressive spread." Based on context, the word "malignant" most likely means:
- Dangerous and likely to spread
- Harmless
- Small in size
- Painful to the touch
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Answer: Dangerous and likely to spread
Why: The antonym clue 'Unlike the benign tumor, which was not life-threatening' contrasts malignant with benign, and 'aggressive spread' plus 'immediate treatment' confirm it means dangerous/spreading. 'Harmless' is what benign means (the opposite); 'small in size' addresses size, which is not discussed; 'painful' is not mentioned.
Question 8
Read the sentence: "The nurse performed phlebotomy, carefully inserting the needle into the vein to collect the blood sample." Using context clues, the word "phlebotomy" most likely means:
- Drawing blood from a vein
- Taking a blood-pressure reading
- Giving an injection of medicine
- Checking the patient's heart rate
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Answer: Drawing blood from a vein
Why: The explanation clue right after the word ('inserting the needle into the vein to collect the blood sample') defines phlebotomy as drawing blood from a vein. Blood pressure uses a cuff, not a needle; an injection pushes medicine in rather than drawing blood out; checking heart rate involves no needle or blood.