HESI A2 GRAMMAR NURSE SHAI EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI A2 GRAMMAR NURSE SHAI EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Predicate Nominative

Answer:

a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and renames or identifies the subject

Question 2: Interrogative

Answer:

asks a question

Question 3: Could/Can vs. May/Might

Answer:

Could: ability/power (do you have the power to)

May: asking permission (may I have the permission to)

Question 4: Benevolent

Answer:

well meaning and kindly

Question 5: Circuitous

Answer:

roundabout, not direct

Question 6: Sexist Language

Answer:

refers to spoke or written styles that do not reflect the presence of women

Question 7: Compound Sentence

Answer:

a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions

Question 8: Personal Pronoun aka Singular Pronoun

Answer:

refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about

Question 9: Complex Sentence

Answer:

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Question 10: Paroxysmal

Answer:

Beginning suddenly or abruptly; convulsive

Question 11: Terse

Answer:

to the point, concise

Question 12: Cursory

Answer:

hasty, not thorough

Question 13: Linking Verb

Answer:

A verb that does not show action but connects the subject with a word in the predicate.

Question 14: Teach vs. Learn

Answer:

Teach: receive knowledge

Learn: to give knowledge

Question 15: Ephemeral

Answer:

Only lasting for a short period of time

Question 16: Whose

Answer:

to find out which person something belongs to

Question 17: Amount vs. Number

Answer:

Amount: cannot be counted

Number: can be counted

Question 18: Phrase

Answer:

A group of words with a meaning; an expression

Question 19: Latent

Answer:

hidden, present but not realized

Question 20: Possessive Pronoun aka Plural Pronoun

Answer:

a pronoun that shows ownership

Question 21: Were vs. Was

Answer:

Was: first/third person singular

Were: second person singular, third person plural

Question 22: Venerate

Answer:

to regard with much respect

Question 23: e.g. vs. i.e.

Answer:

e.g.: for example

i.e.: specifies or explains (that is)

Question 24: Among vs. Between

Answer:

Among: 2+ people

Between: 2 people

Question 25: Personal Pronoun Examples

Answer:

I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours, you, your, yours, he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its, they, them, their, theirs

Question 26: Capcacious

Answer:

large in size or capacity

Question 27: Clause

Answer:

a group of words with a subject and a predicate

Question 28: Hematologic

Answer:

Of or relating to blood