HESI-A2 GRAMMAR EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI-A2 GRAMMAR EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Interrogative

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A sentence that asks a question.

Question 2: Eight parts of speech

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Nouns , Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections.

Question 3: Subject-verb agreement error

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Subject and verb must agree.e.g. The professor , along with his classes is going on a tour.Ignore intervening phrases or clauses.

e.g. along: intervening phrase on previous sentence

Question 4: Which vs. That

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Which is used to introduce nonessential clauses, and That is used to introduce essential clauses.e.g. The hospital, which flooded last July , is down the street.In this case, we use which , since the bold phrase is the unessential clause. It only provides more information about the hospital.An essential l clause adds information to the sentence that is needed to make the sentence clear.e.g. The hospital, that flooded last July is down the street; the other hospital is across town.In this case, we use that , since the bold phrase adds essential info that distinguishes the hospitals.

Question 5: Can vs May (Could vs Might)

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Can and Could imply ability or power.e.g. I can make an A in the class.May and Might imply permission.e.g. You may leave the class.

Question 6: Predicate adjective

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Follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject.e.g. My professors are wonderful (wonderful is the predicate adjective)

Question 7: Correcting prepositions at the end of a sentence

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Rewrite the sentence.e.g. Where in the world did that grammar rule originate?

Question 8: Dependent clause

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Does not express a complete thought, cannot stand alone as a sentence. Begins with a subordinating conjunction.e.g. As soon as the students were seated

Question 9: Adverb

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A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb.e.g. quite badly (badly would be the adverb)

Question 10: Phrase

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Group of two or more words that act as a single part of speech in a sentence.

Question 11: Predicate

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Tells what the subject does or is done to the subject.

Question 12: Misplaced Modifiers

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Words or groups of words not located properly in relation to the word they modify.e.g. I fear my teaching assistant may have discarded the test i was grading in the trash can .Was the teacher grading the test in a trash can?

Question 13: Dangling participle

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When the participial phrase directly precedes or directly follows a noun it does not modify.e.g.Taking the patient's symptoms into account , a diagnosis was made by the physician.The physician takes the patient's symptoms into account, not the diagnosis.

Question 14: Run-on sentence

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Occurs when two or more complete sentences are written as though they were one sentence.e.g. The professor thought the test was too easy the students thought it was too hard.

Question 15: Correcting a dangling participle

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Put the participial phrase next to the noun it is supposed to modify.e.g.Taking the patient's symptoms into account , the physician made a diagnosis.

Question 16: Direct obejct

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Person or thing directly affected by the action of the verb.The professor distributed examinations as soon as the students were seated.

Question 17: Adjective

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Word, Phrase, or clause that modifies a noun.e.g. He is nice . (nice is the adjective)

Question 18: Correcting Misplaced Modifiers

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the modifier needs to be placed next to the word, phrase, or clause that it modifies.e.g. I fear the test i was grading may have been discarded in the trash can by my teaching assistant.

Question 19: Imperative

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A sentence that makes a command or request.