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Section 1: Medical Professionalism & Diction.
Focus: Avoiding slang, clichés, and euphemisms.
1. Which sentence is most appropriate for a patient's chart? (a)
The patient is sick as a dog. (b) The patient is under the weather. (c)
The patient reports severe nausea and vomiting. (d) The patient is
feeling crummy today.
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: HESI tests for the removal of clichés (a, b) and
slang (d). (c) is objective and medical.
2. Select the sentence that avoids a euphemism. (a) The patient's
condition is "negative." (b) The patient expired at 14:00. (c) The
patient is in a better place. (d) The patient died at 2:00 PM.
o Answer: (d)
o Explanation: "Expired" and "better place" are euphemisms. In
medical English, "died" is the direct, professional term.
3. "The nurse was ________ by the patient's rude behavior." (a)
unfazed (b) unphased (c) phase (d) faze
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: "Faze" means to disturb. "Phase" refers to a stage
in a process.
4. Which word is used correctly? "The medication had a strange
________." (a) affect (b) effect (c) affective (d) effecting
o Answer: (b)
, o Explanation: Effect is a Noun (the result). Affect is a Verb (the
action).
5. "The ________ reason for the study was to find a cure." (a)
principle (b) principal (c) prince (d) principled
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: Principal means "main" or "most important."
Principle means a "rule."
6. Identify the cliché: "The surgeon was 'sharp as a tack' during
the procedure." (a) surgeon (b) sharp as a tack (c) during (d)
procedure
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "Sharp as a tack" is an overused expression
(cliché) and should be avoided in professional writing.
7. "The patient ________ down on the bed." (a) lay (b) laid (c) lie (d)
lied
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: Lay is the past tense of lie (to recline). Laid
requires an object (e.g., "She laid the book down").
8. Which word means "harmful or unfavorable"? (a) Averse (b)
Adverse (c) Adversity (d) Aversion
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: Adverse describes things (adverse effects).
Averse describes people's feelings (I am averse to risks).
9. "The doctor ________ the patient to stop smoking." (a) advice (b)
advise (c) advises (d) advices
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: Advice is the noun; advise is the verb.
10. Choose the objective sentence. (a) The patient is a difficult
person. (b) The patient is very mean to the staff. (c) The patient
refused his 09:00 medication. (d) The patient is acting like a child.
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: Objective language states facts without judging
character.
Section 2: Grammar & Sentence Structure.
Focus: Subject-verb agreement and pronoun case.
21. "Neither the nurses nor the doctor ________ available." (a)
is (b) are (c) were (d) be
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: With "neither/nor," the verb agrees with the
closest subject ("doctor"), which is singular.
22. "The committee ________ divided on the issue." (a) was (b)
were (c) has (d) is
, o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: When a collective noun (committee) is acting as
individuals (divided), use a plural verb.
23. "Between you and ________, I think the diagnosis is wrong."
(a) I (b) me (c) myself (d) mine
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "Between" is a preposition; it requires the
objective case (me).
24. "The doctor and ________ reviewed the lab results." (a) me
(b) I (c) myself (d) mine
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "I" is the subject. Test by removing the doctor: "I
reviewed..."
25. "Every one of the patients ________ a mask." (a) wear (b)
wears (c) wearing (d) have worn
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "Every one" is a singular subject.
26. Identify the dependent clause: "Because the heart was
weak, the patient was tired." (a) the patient was tired (b) Because
the heart was weak (c) the heart was weak (d) was tired
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: A dependent clause cannot stand alone and starts
with a subordinator ("Because").
27. "Who" vs. "Whom": "To ________ did you give the chart?" (a)
who (b) whom (c) whose (d) which
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: Use whom after a preposition (to, for, by).
28. "Each" is always: (a) Singular (b) Plural (c) Dependent (d)
Objective
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: "Each," "Neither," and "Everyone" are always
singular subjects.
29. "If I ________ you, I would take the medicine." (a) was (b) am
(c) were (d) be
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: Use were for hypothetical/subjunctive statements.
30. Identify the direct object: "The nurse gave the patient the
injection." (a) nurse (b) patient (c) injection (d) gave
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: The injection is what was given. (The patient is the
indirect object).
CHALLENGING
QUESTIONS FOR HESI A2
EXAM___
•ALL SUBJECTS ALL SYLLABUS COVERED
•EVERY TOPICS COVERED
•BEST TEACHERS CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
•ZERO TO HERO
•MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS INCLUDED
MAKE YOUR EXAM BETTER ❌
BEST ✅
,HESI A2 ENGLISH QUESTION SET
Section 1: Medical Professionalism & Diction.
Focus: Avoiding slang, clichés, and euphemisms.
1. Which sentence is most appropriate for a patient's chart? (a)
The patient is sick as a dog. (b) The patient is under the weather. (c)
The patient reports severe nausea and vomiting. (d) The patient is
feeling crummy today.
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: HESI tests for the removal of clichés (a, b) and
slang (d). (c) is objective and medical.
2. Select the sentence that avoids a euphemism. (a) The patient's
condition is "negative." (b) The patient expired at 14:00. (c) The
patient is in a better place. (d) The patient died at 2:00 PM.
o Answer: (d)
o Explanation: "Expired" and "better place" are euphemisms. In
medical English, "died" is the direct, professional term.
3. "The nurse was ________ by the patient's rude behavior." (a)
unfazed (b) unphased (c) phase (d) faze
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: "Faze" means to disturb. "Phase" refers to a stage
in a process.
4. Which word is used correctly? "The medication had a strange
________." (a) affect (b) effect (c) affective (d) effecting
o Answer: (b)
, o Explanation: Effect is a Noun (the result). Affect is a Verb (the
action).
5. "The ________ reason for the study was to find a cure." (a)
principle (b) principal (c) prince (d) principled
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: Principal means "main" or "most important."
Principle means a "rule."
6. Identify the cliché: "The surgeon was 'sharp as a tack' during
the procedure." (a) surgeon (b) sharp as a tack (c) during (d)
procedure
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "Sharp as a tack" is an overused expression
(cliché) and should be avoided in professional writing.
7. "The patient ________ down on the bed." (a) lay (b) laid (c) lie (d)
lied
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: Lay is the past tense of lie (to recline). Laid
requires an object (e.g., "She laid the book down").
8. Which word means "harmful or unfavorable"? (a) Averse (b)
Adverse (c) Adversity (d) Aversion
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: Adverse describes things (adverse effects).
Averse describes people's feelings (I am averse to risks).
9. "The doctor ________ the patient to stop smoking." (a) advice (b)
advise (c) advises (d) advices
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: Advice is the noun; advise is the verb.
10. Choose the objective sentence. (a) The patient is a difficult
person. (b) The patient is very mean to the staff. (c) The patient
refused his 09:00 medication. (d) The patient is acting like a child.
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: Objective language states facts without judging
character.
Section 2: Grammar & Sentence Structure.
Focus: Subject-verb agreement and pronoun case.
21. "Neither the nurses nor the doctor ________ available." (a)
is (b) are (c) were (d) be
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: With "neither/nor," the verb agrees with the
closest subject ("doctor"), which is singular.
22. "The committee ________ divided on the issue." (a) was (b)
were (c) has (d) is
, o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: When a collective noun (committee) is acting as
individuals (divided), use a plural verb.
23. "Between you and ________, I think the diagnosis is wrong."
(a) I (b) me (c) myself (d) mine
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "Between" is a preposition; it requires the
objective case (me).
24. "The doctor and ________ reviewed the lab results." (a) me
(b) I (c) myself (d) mine
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "I" is the subject. Test by removing the doctor: "I
reviewed..."
25. "Every one of the patients ________ a mask." (a) wear (b)
wears (c) wearing (d) have worn
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: "Every one" is a singular subject.
26. Identify the dependent clause: "Because the heart was
weak, the patient was tired." (a) the patient was tired (b) Because
the heart was weak (c) the heart was weak (d) was tired
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: A dependent clause cannot stand alone and starts
with a subordinator ("Because").
27. "Who" vs. "Whom": "To ________ did you give the chart?" (a)
who (b) whom (c) whose (d) which
o Answer: (b)
o Explanation: Use whom after a preposition (to, for, by).
28. "Each" is always: (a) Singular (b) Plural (c) Dependent (d)
Objective
o Answer: (a)
o Explanation: "Each," "Neither," and "Everyone" are always
singular subjects.
29. "If I ________ you, I would take the medicine." (a) was (b) am
(c) were (d) be
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: Use were for hypothetical/subjunctive statements.
30. Identify the direct object: "The nurse gave the patient the
injection." (a) nurse (b) patient (c) injection (d) gave
o Answer: (c)
o Explanation: The injection is what was given. (The patient is the
indirect object).
