Grammar for HESI A2 - Nurselytic

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The word 'ingenious' is not spelled correctly in the context of the sentence. The intended word should be 'ingenious,' which means clever or resourceful, while 'ingenuous' means innocent or naive. The other choices ('foxes,' 'lever,' 'coop') are spelled correctly and are relevant to the sentence.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: In the sentence, "The staff sergeant and I reviewed the enlisted men's records," the pronoun "I" refers to the subject of the sentence, which is the speaker. When combining the staff sergeant and the speaker "I," the correct pronoun to use is "we," which is the plural form of "I."
Therefore, the word "We" is best to substitute for the underlined words in the sentence.
Choice A, "Us," is incorrect as it is an object pronoun and does not match the subject position in the sentence.
Choice C, "They," is also incorrect as it refers to a third-party group, not including the speaker and the staff sergeant.
Choice D, "He," is incorrect as it does not include both the staff sergeant and the speaker in the pronoun substitution.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: In this sentence, "committee" is a singular noun, so the correct pronoun to use is "its." The possessive pronoun "its" indicates that the committee is taking ownership of the report it finished.
Choice B, "their," is incorrect as it is a plural pronoun and does not agree with the singular noun "committee."

Choices C and D are also incorrect as they represent contractions ("it's" for "it is" and "they're" for "they are"), which do not fit in the context of showing possession of the report by the committee.

Correct Answer: A

Rationale: In this sentence, 'she' is the correct word to use. The sentence implies that someone (a female) helped the speaker finish their degree. The pronoun 'she' is used to refer to a female person. Without this person's help, the speaker would not have completed their degree.
Therefore, the correct word for the blank is 'she.'

Choices B, C, and D are incorrect because they do not match the context of the sentence, which specifically mentions the need for help from a female individual.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: The correct answer is 'itself.' The sentence is referring to the centrifuge, which is an object, not a person.
Therefore, the word 'itself' is used to indicate that the centrifuge cannot run on its own; it requires constant attention.

Choices A, C, and D are incorrect because they refer to a person or people, which is not suitable in the context of the sentence.