HESI A2 STUDY- GRAMMAR TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS

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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

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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

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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