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HESI A2 STUDY- GRAMMAR TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: Adjective
Answer:
a word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun
Question 2: Sexist Language
Answer:
spoken or written styles that do not satisfactorily reflect the presence of women in our society
Question 3: Sentence Fragment
Answer:
incomplete sentence
Question 4: Pronoun (personal pronoun, possessive pronoun)
Answer:
a word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as a noun
Question 5: Run-on sentence
Answer:
two or more complete sentences are written as though they were one sentence
Question 6: Phrase
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a group of two or more words that acts as a single part of speech in a sentence
Question 7: Compound Sentence
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a sentence that has two or more independent clauses. Each independent clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence
Question 8: Sentence (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory)
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a group of words that expresses a complete thought
Question 9: Predicate
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the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject
Question 10: Paricipial phrase
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a phrase that is formed by a participle, its object, and the object's modifiers; the phrase functions as an adjective
Question 11: Participial
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a type of verb form that functions as an adjective
Question 12: Direct Object
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the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb
Question 13: Euphemism
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a mild, indirect, or vague term that has been substituted for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
Question 14: Predicate Nominative
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a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject
Question 15: Interjection
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a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation
Question 16: Verb
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a word or phrase that is used to express an action or a state of being
Question 17: Subject
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a word, phrase, or clause that names whom or what the sentence is about
Question 18: Conjunction
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a word that joins words, phrases, or clauses.
Question 19: Predicate Adjective
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an adjective that follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject
Question 20: Cliche
Answer:
expressions or ideas that have lost their originality or impact over time because of excessive use
Question 21: Preposition
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a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence
Question 22: Indirect Object
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the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb
Question 23: Clause (independent clause, dependent clause)
Answer:
a group of words that has a subject and a predicate
Question 24: Adverb
Answer:
a word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb an adjective, or another adverb
Question 25: Misplaced Modifier
Answer:
words or groups of words that are not located properly in relation to the words they modify
Question 26: Noun (common noun, proper noun, abstract noun, collective noun)
Answer:
a word or group of words that names a person, place, thing, or idea
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