Grammar HESI A2 Practice Test

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: "wound." In the sentence, "wound" is used as a verb meaning to twist or turn, but it should be "wended" to indicate movement along a path. The sentence should read, "The staunch hikers took a torturous downhill path that wended through thick vegetation." A: "staunch" is correctly used as an adjective to describe the determined hikers. B: "torturous" is used appropriately to describe the difficult path. D: "vegetation" is correctly used to refer to the plant life along the path.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The correct answer is A: government. The word "government" is misspelled as "goverment" in the sentence given. The correct spelling should have an "n" after the "g." The other choices (B: official, C: grateful, D: receive) are all spelled correctly. "Official," "grateful," and "receive" are all spelled as they should be in the sentence. It is important to pay attention to spelling details to ensure clear communication.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: receive. In this sentence, "excited to receive" is the correct phrase to convey that Sadie and her mother are looking forward to receiving the award in the future. The infinitive form "to receive" is used after "excited" to indicate the action that they are excited about. Explanation: A: "be received" is passive voice and does not convey the intended meaning of Sadie and her mother actively receiving the award. B: "receiving" is a gerund form and does not fit grammatically with the structure of the sentence. D: "have been received" is in the present perfect tense and does not match the simple past tense used in the sentence.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: "the farmhouse." In the sentence, the phrase "the farmhouse" is misplaced because the focus should be on the fence, not the farmhouse. The sentence structure implies that the farmhouse itself is made of crisscrossed logs, which is illogical. The farmhouse should not be part of the description of the fence. The other choices (A, B, D) are all correctly placed within the sentence and contribute to the overall meaning without causing confusion or misinterpretation.

Correct Answer: C

Rationale: The correct answer is C: never seen. The phrase "never seen" is not grammatically correct in this sentence as it should be "had never seen." The past perfect tense "had never seen" is used to indicate an action that did not occur before a certain point in the past, which fits the context of Javier's trip to Puerto Rico. The other choices, A: Until his trip, B: had never, and D: his ancestral home, are all used correctly in the sentence.