HESI A2 GRAMMER EXAM QUESTIONS

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HESI A2 GRAMMER EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Personal Pronoun

Answer:

refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea by indicating the person speaking.(first person), [singular: I/me] or [plural: we/us]

the person or people spoken to (second person), [singular & Plural: you]

or any other person, place, thing, or idea being talked about (third person). [singular: he/she/him/her/it]

or [plural: they/them]

Personal pronouns also express numbers in that they are either singular or plural.

example:

"We" (first person plural) were going to ask "you" (second person singular) to give "them" (third person plural) a ride to the office.

Question 2: In the following sentence, which is the complete subject?

My sister's cheerleading coach asked me to join the team next year.asked me to join the team next year My sister's cheerleading coach asked cheerleading coach

Answer:

My sister's cheerleading coach The person doing something is the coach, and we include the modifiers (my sister's cheerleading) to have the complete subject.

Question 3: Identify the complete sentence.

Whether he will be able to arrive on time.Building the church.After the public?s big applause They enjoyed the movie.

Answer:

They enjoyed the movie.Every sentence must contain a subject and predicate."They enjoyed the movie." is correct because the subject is "they" and the predicate is "enjoyed the movie"

Question 4: which word in the following sentence is a pronoun?

After school, I quickly start to do homework

Answer:

I

Question 5: identify the interjection in the sentence.

No way! I do not believe you saw an alien!

Answer:

No way!

Question 6: which word in the following sentence is a pronoun?

the cat is black and it has a long tail

Answer:

it Question 7: Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence. If you don't take the medication as directed, it will not have the desired ______ on your health.

• affect
• effect
• effectiveness
• affectiveness

Answer:

• effect

Question 8: Predicate Adjective

Answer:

an adjective that follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject.My professors are "wonderful"."the sun is hot," "hot" is a predicate adjective.

Question 9: The complete subject

Answer:

The person, place, thing, or idea that is doing something or being described, along with all of its modifiers.

Question 10: Predicate

Answer:

The part of the sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about a thing or person (the subject).The predicate can be as simple as just the verb in the sentence.Noun: "The child threw the ball," the subject is "the child" and the predicate is "threw the ball."

Verb: she has predicated her theory on recent findings by other astronomers

Question 11: identify the noun in the sentence.

They sat on the tall chairs.

Answer:

chairs A chair is a thing, therefore it is a noun.Remember: They is a pronoun. It does represent a group of people, BUT it is only referring to that group of people. In order for it to be a noun, we would have to know who was in the group, such as "the students" or "my family."I

Question 12: Correlative conjunctions

Answer:

work in pairs to join words or phrases they always stay in the same pairs.e.g., Neither the pharmacist nor her assistant could read the physician's handwriting.Two common pairs are neither and nor and either and or.These pairs should not be mixed; it is incorrect to use neither with or and either with nor.An easy way to remember this is to think that the two words that start with the letter "n" always go together.

Question 13: find the preposition in the sentence.

The new fabric shop sells the material by the meter

Answer:

by

Question 14: Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?

Although the line was long, Stephen patiently waited for his turn to ride the roller coaster.

Answer:

patiently is an adverb that modifies waited.Question 15: Just before the power went out, the baker in the oven had managed to put the cherry, peach, and apple pies.Which phrase should be moved to the end of the sentence?had managed to put the baker just before in the oven

Answer:

in the oven A modifier is a phrase that functions as an adjective/descriptor for a noun or verb. In this sentence, the phrase, "in the oven," is the modifier, but it is misplaced. We need to move it to the end of the sentence for it to correctly state that the baker put the pies in the oven.

Question 16: Identify the COMPLETE sentence.

Afraid of stepping on his girlfriend's toes.The statue's finger points west.With a long and sharp knife.Tired of reading the same book over and over.

Answer:

The statue's finger points west.This is the only complete sentence. It has a subject (the statue's finger) and a predicate (points west), and it expresses a complete thought.

Question 17: Which of the following is a simple sentence?

Tomatoes are delicious with just a dash of salt.Guillermo wondered why none of his teachers could say his name properly.The sun shone on the snow; it was a lovely sight.Melissa wanted to go with them, but she really needed to study.

Answer:

Tomatoes are delicious with just a dash of salt.