HESI A2 ENGLISH GRAMMAR &
VOCABULARY 70+ QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
EXPLANATIONS 2022-
2023 – GUARANTEED A
Part I English Grammar
1. Elaine promised to bring the camera at the mall yesterday.
a. by me
b. with me
c. at me
d. to me
D
The preposition “to” is correct. “To” here means give.
1. Last night, he the sleeping bag down beside my mattress.
a. lay
b. laid
c. lain
d. has laid
A
“Lie” means to recline, and does not take an object. “lay” means to place and does take an
object.
2. I would have bought the shirt for you if .
a. I had known you liked it.
b. I have known you liked it.
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, c. I would know you liked it.
d. I know you liked it.
A
Past unreal conditional. Takes the form,
[If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ... ]
3. Many believers still hope proof of the existence of ghosts.
a. two find
b. to find
c. to found
d. to have been found
B
This sentence is in the present tense, so “to find” is correct.
Select the correct word or phrase for the blank.
4. All of the people at the school, including the teachers and were glad when summer
break came.
a. students:
b. students,
c. students;
d. students
B
The comma separates a phrase.
5. To , Anne was on time for her math class.
a. everybody‟s surprise
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, b. every body‟s surprise
c. everybodys surprise
d. everybodys‟ surprise
A
Possessive pronouns ending in s take an apostrophe before the „s‟: one‟s;
everyone‟s; somebody‟s, nobody else‟s, etc.
6. If he the textbook like he was supposed to, he would have known what was on the test.
a. will have read
b. shouldn‟t have read
c. would have read
d. had read
D
When talking about something that didn‟t happen in the past, use the past perfect (if I had
done).
7. Following the tornado, telephone poles all over the street.
a. laid
b. lied
c. were lying
d. were laying
C
“Lie” means to recline, and does not take an object. “Lay” means to place and does take an
object. Peter lay the books on the table (the books are the direct object), or the telephone
poles were lying on the road (no direct object).
8. In Edgar Allen Poe‟s Edgar Allen Poe describes a man with a guilty conscience.
a. short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,”
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VOCABULARY 70+ QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
EXPLANATIONS 2022-
2023 – GUARANTEED A
Part I English Grammar
1. Elaine promised to bring the camera at the mall yesterday.
a. by me
b. with me
c. at me
d. to me
D
The preposition “to” is correct. “To” here means give.
1. Last night, he the sleeping bag down beside my mattress.
a. lay
b. laid
c. lain
d. has laid
A
“Lie” means to recline, and does not take an object. “lay” means to place and does take an
object.
2. I would have bought the shirt for you if .
a. I had known you liked it.
b. I have known you liked it.
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, c. I would know you liked it.
d. I know you liked it.
A
Past unreal conditional. Takes the form,
[If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ... ]
3. Many believers still hope proof of the existence of ghosts.
a. two find
b. to find
c. to found
d. to have been found
B
This sentence is in the present tense, so “to find” is correct.
Select the correct word or phrase for the blank.
4. All of the people at the school, including the teachers and were glad when summer
break came.
a. students:
b. students,
c. students;
d. students
B
The comma separates a phrase.
5. To , Anne was on time for her math class.
a. everybody‟s surprise
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, b. every body‟s surprise
c. everybodys surprise
d. everybodys‟ surprise
A
Possessive pronouns ending in s take an apostrophe before the „s‟: one‟s;
everyone‟s; somebody‟s, nobody else‟s, etc.
6. If he the textbook like he was supposed to, he would have known what was on the test.
a. will have read
b. shouldn‟t have read
c. would have read
d. had read
D
When talking about something that didn‟t happen in the past, use the past perfect (if I had
done).
7. Following the tornado, telephone poles all over the street.
a. laid
b. lied
c. were lying
d. were laying
C
“Lie” means to recline, and does not take an object. “Lay” means to place and does take an
object. Peter lay the books on the table (the books are the direct object), or the telephone
poles were lying on the road (no direct object).
8. In Edgar Allen Poe‟s Edgar Allen Poe describes a man with a guilty conscience.
a. short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,”
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