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HESI A2: GRAMMAR- 9 IMPORTANT TERMS TO
UNDERSTAND DIAGRAM EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Predicate
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The part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject. It includes the verb and all the words that modify the verb.
Question 2: Sentence (4 types)
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A group of words that expresses a complete thought Question 3: Sentence: Exclamatory
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Makes an exclamation
EX: You went to the store!
Question 4: Subject
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Word, phrase, or clause that name who or what the sentence is about.
Question 5: Predicate adjective
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An adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject
EX: My professor are "Wonderful"
Question 6: Clause - Independent vs. Dependant
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An independent clause can form a complete sentence standing alone. It can be used to form simple sentences: The professor gave out the exams. Or compound sentences: The professor distributed the exams" as soon as the students were seated.A dependent clause is added to an independent clause to form more complex sentences. Dependent clauses start with a subordinating conjunction (as soon as, after, because, before, until, since, when) and cannot stand alone.EX: The prof gave out the exams "as soon as the students were seated." Dependent clauses need the rest of the sentence for meaning.HESI HINT: When a dependent clause is at the beginning of a sentence use a "," to set it apart from the independent clause.EX: Because the bus was delayed at a train crossing, the students were late for class.If the dependent clause is at the end of a sentence you don't need a comma.EX: The students were late for class because the bus was delayed at a train crossing. CORRECT The students were late for class, because the bus was delayed at the train crossing. INCORRECT
Question 7: Direct Object vs Indirect Object
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the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb. The direct object answers what or whom after a transitive verb.EX: The students watched "the professor" hand out exams. ("The professor" answers whom the students watched.Indirect objects only occur when there is a direct object and come between the verb and direct object.Indirect objects answer to whom/for whom, to what/for what
EX: The professor gave "his class" the test results.
"Gave" is the verb. "His class" is the indirect object. "the test results" is the direct object because it answers gave "what".
Question 8: Predicate Nominative
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a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or explains the subject
EX: Professors are "teachers".
Question 9: Phrase
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Group of two or more words that act as a single part of speech in a sentence. Can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb. A phrase lacks a subject and a predicate (part of the sentence that tells what the subject does/what is done to the subject.Question 10: Sentence: Interrogative
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Asks a question
EX:Did you go to the store?
Question 11: Clause (two types)
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A group of words that has a subject and a predicate (part of sentence that tells what subject does or was done to subject) Question 12: Sentence: Imperative
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Makes a command or request.
EX: Go to the store.
Many Imperative sentences do not seem to have subjects, rather an implied subject. When we say "Stop that now" the subject is you, it's implied
Question 13: Declarative sentence
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a sentence that makes a statement
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