HESI A2 Grammar Verified Exam 2024 Questions and Answers

Eight parts of speech Nouns , Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections. Noun Names a person, place or thing e.g. church, writer Common noun General not particular name of person, place, or thing ex. nurse hospital syringe Proper noun The official name of a person, place, or thing. e.g. Abraham Lincoln Always capitalized Abstract Noun Names a quality or general idea e.g. persistence, democracy Collective Noun Represents a group of persons, animals, or things. Ex. Family, flock, furniture Pronoun A word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a groups of words acting together as a noun. E.G. their, them Antecedent The word of group of words to which a pronoun refers Ex students is the antecedent for pro nouns their and them (students wanted their test papers graded and returned to them in a timely manner) Personal Pronoun Refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea indicating the person speaking (first (speaking) , second(spoken to), third(talked about) Either plural or singular We(1st plural) were going to ask you (2nd singular) to give them (3rd plural) a ride to the office Possessive Pronoun A form of personal noun that shows possession or ownership. e. g. my, mine, his Ex. This is my book or that book is mine or that is his book Do not contain apostrophe Where to use pronouns ending in Self Only at end when noun to relate it back to or at the beginning ex. I myself did......., or Sara did ......herself. No such words as hisself, theirself, theirselves Adjective Word, Phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun. e.g. He is nice. (nice is the adjective) Answers the question what kind, which one, how many, or how much. How can verbs, pronouns, and nouns act as adjectives Verbs as function adjectives are participle usually ending in -ing or -ed. Ex. Verb: the scowling professor, the worried student, the broken pencil Ex. Pronoun: my book, your clas, that book, this class E: the professor's class, the biology class Participle Type of verb form usually ending in -ing or -ed. e.g. the absent-minded professor Verb Phrase used to express an action or state of being. Express time through tense e.g. Mary works. 3 types of tense Present- Mary works Past- Mary worked Future- Mary will work Linking verbs Verbs that link, join, the subject of a sentence to a a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective. Does not show action. Forms of the verb 'to be': am, is, are, was, were, being, been Forms of the verb relate to senses: look, sound, smell, feel, and taste Forms of verb relate to state of being: seem, become, grows, turn, prove, and remain Adverb A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb. e.g. The physician operates quickly( quickly is adverb) Preposition A word showing the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. e.g. in, from, about Compound preposition Preposition made up of more than one word Prepositional phrase Group of words that begin with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun (called the object of the preposition) Ex. Sam left the classroom at(preposition) noon Image: Prepositional phrase Conjunction A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses. Coordinating conjunction examples And but or so nor for and yet