HESI A2 Grammar Exam with Accurate
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Common Noun - ✔✔The general, not the particular, name of a person, place, or thing
Noun - ✔✔word or group of words that names a person, place, or thing
Proper Noun - ✔✔The official name of a person, place or thing
eg Fred, Paris, Washington
Abstract Noun - ✔✔Name of a quality or a general idea
eg Democracy, persistence
Collective Noun - ✔✔A noun that represents a group of persons, animals, or things
eg family, flock, furniture
Pronoun - ✔✔A word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words
acting as noun.
e.g The 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 by indicating the person
speak (1st person), the person or people spoken to (2nd person), or any other person, place,
thing, or idea being talked about (3rd person).
WE were going to ask YOU to give THEM a ride to the office
Possessive Pronoun - ✔✔A form of personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership
That is MY book
Adjective - ✔✔A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun (the BIOLOGY book) or a pronoun
(He is NICE). It answers what kind, which one, how many, how much,
Verb - ✔✔A word or phrase that is used to express an action or state of being. They express
time through a property called the tense. Present (works), past (worked), future (will work).
Linking Verb - ✔✔Does not show action. Link or join the subject of the sentence to a noun,
pronoun, or predicate adjective.
e.g. To be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been
OR they relate to 5 senses: look, sound, smell, feel, and taste
OR reflect a state of being: appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, and remain
Adverb - ✔✔Word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
The nurse wears VERY colorful uniforms
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Common Noun - ✔✔The general, not the particular, name of a person, place, or thing
Noun - ✔✔word or group of words that names a person, place, or thing
Proper Noun - ✔✔The official name of a person, place or thing
eg Fred, Paris, Washington
Abstract Noun - ✔✔Name of a quality or a general idea
eg Democracy, persistence
Collective Noun - ✔✔A noun that represents a group of persons, animals, or things
eg family, flock, furniture
Pronoun - ✔✔A word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words
acting as noun.
e.g The 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 by indicating the person
speak (1st person), the person or people spoken to (2nd person), or any other person, place,
thing, or idea being talked about (3rd person).
WE were going to ask YOU to give THEM a ride to the office
Possessive Pronoun - ✔✔A form of personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership
That is MY book
Adjective - ✔✔A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun (the BIOLOGY book) or a pronoun
(He is NICE). It answers what kind, which one, how many, how much,
Verb - ✔✔A word or phrase that is used to express an action or state of being. They express
time through a property called the tense. Present (works), past (worked), future (will work).
Linking Verb - ✔✔Does not show action. Link or join the subject of the sentence to a noun,
pronoun, or predicate adjective.
e.g. To be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been
OR they relate to 5 senses: look, sound, smell, feel, and taste
OR reflect a state of being: appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, and remain
Adverb - ✔✔Word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
The nurse wears VERY colorful uniforms
