HESI A2 Grammar Exam with Accurate
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Common noun - ✔✔General, not a particular name of a person, place, or thing. (nurse, hospital,
syringe)
Proper noun - ✔✔Official name of a person, place, or thing. (Fred, USA, Ohio University)
Abstract noun - ✔✔a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
Collective noun - ✔✔Represents a group of persons, animals, things. (family, flock, furniture)
Pronoun - ✔✔Word that takes place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as
a noun.
Antecedent - ✔✔The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
ex: The STUDENTS wanted THEIR test papers returned to THEM.
(students is the antecedent of the pronouns their & them)
Personal pronoun - ✔✔Specific person, place,thing by indicating the person speaking. (First,
second, third person)
Possessive pronoun - ✔✔Form of a personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership.
Adjective - ✔✔word(s) that DESCRIBES or clarifies a noun/pronoun. Adjectives usually precede
the noun/ noun phrase.
, (Verbs, pronouns and nouns can act as adjectives)
ex: the GREEN book, the ABSENT-MINDED professor
Participle - ✔✔a verb (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and
most often ends in -ing or -ed
another name for a verb acting as a adjective - ✔✔participle
Examples of verbs, pronouns and nouns acting as adjectives - ✔✔Verbs(participle): the
SCOWLING professor, the WORRIED student
Pronouns: MY book, YOUR class
Nouns: the PROFESSORS class, the BIOLOGY book
Verb - ✔✔Express an ACTION or state of being.
Linking verbs - ✔✔Link the subject to a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been,
(that man IS my professor)
taste, feel, smell, sound, look,
(that exam LOOKS difficult)
appear, become, seem, grow, remain, prove, turn
(the professor SEEMS tired)
examples of linking verbs - ✔✔Doris and Delia APPEAR TO BE identical twins
They ARE BEING pirates for Halloween
Jennifer WOULD HAVE BEEN a good treasurer
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Common noun - ✔✔General, not a particular name of a person, place, or thing. (nurse, hospital,
syringe)
Proper noun - ✔✔Official name of a person, place, or thing. (Fred, USA, Ohio University)
Abstract noun - ✔✔a noun denoting an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.
Collective noun - ✔✔Represents a group of persons, animals, things. (family, flock, furniture)
Pronoun - ✔✔Word that takes place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as
a noun.
Antecedent - ✔✔The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
ex: The STUDENTS wanted THEIR test papers returned to THEM.
(students is the antecedent of the pronouns their & them)
Personal pronoun - ✔✔Specific person, place,thing by indicating the person speaking. (First,
second, third person)
Possessive pronoun - ✔✔Form of a personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership.
Adjective - ✔✔word(s) that DESCRIBES or clarifies a noun/pronoun. Adjectives usually precede
the noun/ noun phrase.
, (Verbs, pronouns and nouns can act as adjectives)
ex: the GREEN book, the ABSENT-MINDED professor
Participle - ✔✔a verb (expressing action or a state of being) that is used as an adjective and
most often ends in -ing or -ed
another name for a verb acting as a adjective - ✔✔participle
Examples of verbs, pronouns and nouns acting as adjectives - ✔✔Verbs(participle): the
SCOWLING professor, the WORRIED student
Pronouns: MY book, YOUR class
Nouns: the PROFESSORS class, the BIOLOGY book
Verb - ✔✔Express an ACTION or state of being.
Linking verbs - ✔✔Link the subject to a noun, pronoun, or predicate adjective.
am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been,
(that man IS my professor)
taste, feel, smell, sound, look,
(that exam LOOKS difficult)
appear, become, seem, grow, remain, prove, turn
(the professor SEEMS tired)
examples of linking verbs - ✔✔Doris and Delia APPEAR TO BE identical twins
They ARE BEING pirates for Halloween
Jennifer WOULD HAVE BEEN a good treasurer
