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
Ex.noun: 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
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
Ex.noun: 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
