HESI A2 Grammar Practice Exam 2024 ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS INCLUDED

Common noun General, not a particular name of a person, place, or thing. (Nurse, hospital, syringe) Image: Common noun Proper noun Official name of a person, place, or thing. (Fred, USA, Ohio University) Image: Proper noun Abstract noun a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object. Image: Abstract noun Collective noun Represents a group of persons, animals, things. (family, flock, furniture) Image: Collective noun Pronoun Word that takes place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as a noun. Image: Pronoun Personal pronoun Specific person, place,thing by indicating the person speaking. (First, second, third person) Image: Personal pronoun Possessive pronoun Form of a personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership. Image: Possessive pronoun Adjective it is a word that DESCRIBES or clarifies a noun. Adjectives describe nouns by giving some information about an object's size, shape, age, color, origin or material. Image: Adjective Verb Express an ACTION or state of being. Image: Verb Adverb Modified a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs typically express manner, place, time, frequency, degree, level of certainty, etc., answering questions such as how?, in what way?, when?, where?, and to what extent?. Image: Adverb Preposition Shows relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. words that indicate location Image: Preposition Conjunction Joins words, phrases, or clauses. Image: Conjunction Interjection Expresses emotion or exclamation. Image: Interjection Clause Group of words that has a subject and predicate. Image: Clause Independent clause An independent clause is a sentence. "Jim studied in the Sweet Shop for his chemistry quiz" Complete thought and can stand alone as sentence. Image: Independent clause Dependent clause Begins with subordinating conjunction and does not express complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence. -WHAT THE GIRL DID was not very helpful. -He finally finished his novel, AFTER MONTHS OF RESEARCH. Direct object Person, place, thing that is directly affected by action if verbs. the dog in Jimmy fed the dog. Indirect object Person, place, thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb. e.g., him in give him the book Phrase Group of two or more words that act as a single part of speech in a sentence. Image: Phrase