HESI Grammar

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence: There were a significant ______ of applicants to the nursing program this year stacks aggregate number amount

Number - "Amount" is used when referring to things in bulk that cannot be easily counted (paperwork, homework, oil). - "Number" is used when referring to things that can be individually counted.

Which of the following sentences contains a predicate nominative? Nurses use math every day in their profession. The class is nervous about the upcoming test. The boy ran to the mailbox. We are students at the local university.

We are students at the local university. - A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject, which is why we can also call a predicate nominative a subject complement. A linking verb describes the subject's state of being or condition. It is not an action verb. One way to think of a linking verb is that it is a verb you could replace with "is" and still have the sentence make sense.

Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is NOT used correctly. They are not too heavy to carry by hand: each of the bottles contain a gallon of fertilizer. contain by hand too each

contain

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence. The _______ excitement was evident; it was the first time they performed for such a large audience. singers singers′s singers′ singer′s

singers′ To make a noun possessive, add 's to the end of the noun. However, if the noun is plural and already ends in "s" then only add the apostrophe. child → child's children → children's cars → cars' Singers is plural and ends in "s" so we add an apostrophe to the end to make it possessive. singers → singers'

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence. The __________ was a formative decade for the United States that saw a rise in political activism. 1960s' 1960s 1960's 1960

1960s - Apostrophes are only used to show possession or to show that a letter is missing (for example, in a contraction like what's). Hint: Apostrophes are never used to make a word plural, including years and last names.

Identify the complete sentence. During my long, relaxing vacation. Go to the doctor. Walking home from the store. While all of the patients were waiting in the waiting room.

Go to the doctor. - Every sentence must contain a subject and predicate. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. You can find the subject of a sentence if you can find the verb. Ask the question, "Who or what is performing the action in the sentence?" and the answer to that question is the subject.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect? I work at the hospital; my boyfriend works at the clinic. I work at the hospital - my boyfriend works at the clinic. I work at the hospital, but my boyfriend works at the clinic. I work at the hospital but my boyfriend works at the clinic.

I work at the hospital but my boyfriend works at the clinic. - Run-on sentences are when two or more complete sentences are written as one sentence.

Which of the following sentences is grammatically incorrect? Karen told Samantha that she needs to go to the doctor as soon as possible. Both the student and the teacher knew the student had the correct answer. The nurse told the patient that the patient's blood pressure was too high. My mom and sister took my sister's car to the airport.

Karen told Samantha that she needs to go to the doctor as soon as possible. - Every pronoun must have a clear antecedent to avoid making the sentence confusing. An antecedent is the person, place, or thing that the pronoun is referring back to. In Karen told Samantha that she needs to go to the doctor as soon as possible, who needs to go to the doctor: Karen or Samantha? Since it is unclear which person the pronoun she is referring to, this sentence is grammatically incorrect.

Which of the following sentences contains a dependent clause? I go to salsa class every Saturday, but I don′t enjoy it anymore. Mary baked some cookies; they are delicious. We were late because of the snowstorm. I usually order a hamburger and curly fries.

We were late because of the snowstorm. - A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a predicate. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. A dependent clause does not express a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. We were late is an independent clause because it is a complete thought and could be a sentence on its own. because of the snowstorm is not a complete thought, so it cannot stand alone as a sentence. It needs an independent clause attached to it to make it a complete thought.

Which word or phrase in the following sentence is the predicate? All of the nurses learned a new skill at the conference. all of the nurses a new skill learned a new skill at the conference at the conference

learned a new skill at the conference - A sentence can be divided into two parts: the complete subject and the complete predicate. Every word in the sentence belongs either in the complete subject or complete predicate. The complete subject is made up of all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about. In this sentence, All of the nurses is the complete subject because they are what the sentence is about - they are the ones performing the action in the sentence.

Which word or phrase in the following sentence is an indirect object? The professor gave the class their weekend assignment before dismissing them for the day. for the day the class their weekend assignment the professor

the class - An indirect object refers to the person or thing that is receiving the action of the verb. To identify an indirect object, ask "to whom?" or "for whom?" after the verb. The class is the indirect object because this is who is receiving the weekend assignments.

Which word in the following sentence is an adverb? I missed the last bus and a cab is going to be very expensive. is last very I

very An adverb is a word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. The word very modifies the word expensive. The word I is a pronoun. A pronoun replaces a noun. The word last is an adjective. An adjective describes a noun. The adjective last describes the noun bus. The word is is a verb. A verb is a word that shows action or state of being. The word is shows a state of being.