HESI A2 Grammar Exam with Accurate
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Noun - ✔✔A word or group of words that names a person, place, thing, or idea
Common Noun - ✔✔general, not particular, name for a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g.,
nurse, hospital)
Proper Noun - ✔✔Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea and are always capitalized (e.g.,
Paris, Fred)
Abstract Noun - ✔✔Is the name of a quality or general idea (e.g., persistence, democracy)
Collective Noun - ✔✔Represents a group of persons, animals or things (family, flock, furniture)
Pronoun - ✔✔A word that takes place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting
as a noun
antecedent - ✔✔The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Personal Pronoun - ✔✔refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about
possessive pronoun - ✔✔a pronoun that shows ownership
What is the antecedent in the sentence?
, The students wanted their test papers graded and returned to them in a timely manner. -
✔✔Students is the antecedent of the pronouns their and them
What is the possessive pronoun in the following sentence?
That is my book. - ✔✔My
Adjective - ✔✔A word, phrase or clause that modified the Noun
How do you identify adjectives? - ✔✔What kind?
Which one?
How many?
How much?
Usually precede the noun or noun phrase
Participle - ✔✔A verb form that can be used as an adjective
Usually end in -ing or -ed
Verb - ✔✔An action word
What are the 3 primary tenses? - ✔✔Present - Mary works
Past - Mary worked
Future - Mary will work
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Noun - ✔✔A word or group of words that names a person, place, thing, or idea
Common Noun - ✔✔general, not particular, name for a person, place, thing, or idea (e.g.,
nurse, hospital)
Proper Noun - ✔✔Names a specific person, place, thing, or idea and are always capitalized (e.g.,
Paris, Fred)
Abstract Noun - ✔✔Is the name of a quality or general idea (e.g., persistence, democracy)
Collective Noun - ✔✔Represents a group of persons, animals or things (family, flock, furniture)
Pronoun - ✔✔A word that takes place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting
as a noun
antecedent - ✔✔The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Personal Pronoun - ✔✔refers to the one speaking, the one spoken to, or the one spoken about
possessive pronoun - ✔✔a pronoun that shows ownership
What is the antecedent in the sentence?
, The students wanted their test papers graded and returned to them in a timely manner. -
✔✔Students is the antecedent of the pronouns their and them
What is the possessive pronoun in the following sentence?
That is my book. - ✔✔My
Adjective - ✔✔A word, phrase or clause that modified the Noun
How do you identify adjectives? - ✔✔What kind?
Which one?
How many?
How much?
Usually precede the noun or noun phrase
Participle - ✔✔A verb form that can be used as an adjective
Usually end in -ing or -ed
Verb - ✔✔An action word
What are the 3 primary tenses? - ✔✔Present - Mary works
Past - Mary worked
Future - Mary will work
