HESI A2
HESI A2 Version 5 Grammar Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which word in the following sentence is the subject? The nurses went to the conference room.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In a sentence, the subject is the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb. In this sentence, 'nurses' is the subject as they are the ones performing the action of going to the conference room. The other choices, 'conference', 'went to', and 'room' do not act as the subject because they do not perform the action of the verb.
Question 2 of 5
Which word is not used correctly in the context of the following sentence? After ringing up the nails, the cashier handed Nedra her receipt and change.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The word 'recipe' is not used correctly in the sentence. The correct word should be 'receipt,' which refers to a written acknowledgment of receiving something or the list of items purchased, rather than 'recipe,' which is a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish.
Question 3 of 5
What word is used incorrectly in the following sentence? Brendan spent the day laying a brick foundation on the site.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The correct answer is D. In the sentence, 'laying' should be replaced with 'laying' to convey the action of placing bricks in the foundation correctly. 'Lying' means being in a horizontal position, while 'laying' refers to placing something down, like bricks in this context. Therefore, the word 'laying' is used incorrectly in this sentence.
Question 4 of 5
Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence: He was ______ by her kind words.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In this sentence, 'He was affected by her kind words' is the correct phrase. 'Affected' is the past tense of the verb 'affect,' which means to influence or produce an effect on something. When someone is affected by something, it means they have been impacted or influenced by it. Therefore, in this context, 'affected' is the appropriate word choice to convey that her kind words had an impact on him.
Question 5 of 5
Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence. The student completed the test..............
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In this sentence, the word should describe how the student completed the test, indicating speed. The correct word to use in this context is 'quickly,' an adverb that describes the action of completing the test with speed. 'Quite' means to a certain or fairly significant extent, 'quick' is an adjective for fast, and 'quietly' is an adverb describing how quietly the action is performed. Therefore, the correct answer is 'quickly.'