FTCE GK study guide
FTCE GK · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The FTCE General Knowledge Test (GK) is one of the Florida Teacher Certification Examinations, delivered through the FTCE/FELE program and listed on the program's official site at fl.nesinc.com. It exists so that candidates can demonstrate general academic competence - typically people entering an educator preparation program or pursuing Florida teacher certification - before or alongside their subject-area requirements. The GK is organized as four separate subtests, each with its own test code: Essay (825), English Language Skills (826), Reading (827), and Mathematics (828). The Essay asks you to produce an extended piece of writing; English Language Skills covers grammar, usage, and sentence structure; Reading tests comprehension of written passages; Mathematics tests quantitative reasoning and problem solving at the level expected of a classroom teacher. The FTCE GK study guide has 4 sections and about 1,074 words.
01Essay
A passing FTCE General Knowledge essay is a focused, well-organized piece of academic prose, not a list of opinions. Read the prompt twice and identify the topic, the audience, and the task: explain, persuade, or discuss.
264 words, about 1 min02English Language Skills (ELS)
English Language Skills questions test standard edited American English: sentence completeness, coordination and subordination, subject-verb agreement, pronoun case and reference, verb tense and mood, modifier placement, parallelism, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, vocabulary, and idioms. Know the difference between a fragment, a run-on, and a comma splice.
252 words, about 1 min03Reading
Reading questions ask about main idea, supporting details, inference, vocabulary in context, author's purpose, tone, text structure, and evidence. The main idea is the topic plus the author's central point, not merely the subject.
296 words, about 1 min04Mathematics
FTCE General Knowledge mathematics emphasizes arithmetic, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, basic algebra, geometry, measurement, data, and probability. Know order of operations, exponent rules, solving linear equations and inequalities, percent change, unit conversion, perimeter and area, volume, mean/median/mode, and simple probability.
262 words, about 1 min