HESI A2
HESI A2 Grammar Practice Test 2024 Questions
Question 1 of 5
In the following sentence, which word or phrase is the subject: 'The nurses went to the conference room.'
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: In the sentence, 'The nurses went to the conference room,' 'nurses' is the subject. The subject of a sentence is typically the noun or pronoun that carries out the action or is described in the sentence. In this case, 'nurses' is the noun performing the action of going to the conference room.
Choices A, B, and C are not the subject. 'Conference' and 'room' are objects of the prepositions 'to' and 'the,' while 'went to' is the verb phrase indicating the action performed by the subject.
Question 2 of 5
Select the phrase that makes the following sentence grammatically correct: 'Working ____ the mission of the entire committee.'
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The correct phrase to complete the sentence is 'toward peace was.' In this context, 'toward peace' is the appropriate prepositional phrase to indicate the direction or goal of the work being done. Additionally, the verb tense should be in the past tense ('was') to match the structure of the sentence.
Choice A and C are incorrect because 'to peace' does not convey the intended sense of direction or goal.
Choice D is incorrect as 'am' is present tense, which does not agree with the past tense structure of the sentence.
Question 3 of 5
Select the word that makes the following sentence grammatically correct: 'She asked ____ to take her around the corner to the drugstore.'
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: In the sentence, 'She asked ____ to take her around the corner to the drugstore,' the correct word to fill in the blank is 'him.' The pronoun 'him' is in the objective case and is used correctly as the object of the verb 'asked.' The other options ('his,' 'he,' and 'his'') are either possessive or nominative cases, which do not fit the grammatical structure needed here. 'His' is possessive, 'he' is nominative, and 'his'' is incorrect due to the unnecessary apostrophe.
Question 4 of 5
Select the word that makes the following sentence grammatically correct: 'These days, you can't ____ learning how to use a computer.'
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The correct answer is 'avoid.' The sentence requires a verb that means to stay away from something, making 'avoid' the appropriate choice. 'Evading' means avoiding or escaping something by deceit or cleverness, which is not the intended meaning here. 'Despite' is a preposition showing contrast, and 'not' is an adverb negating a verb or making it negative, so they do not fit the sentence structure.
Question 5 of 5
Which word is not spelled correctly in the context of the following sentence? 'The climate ___ is inappropriate for snow sports such as skiing.'
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The word 'hear' is misspelled; it should be 'here.' In the context of the sentence provided, 'hear' does not fit logically and should be replaced with 'here' to convey the intended meaning. 'Climate,' 'inappropriate,' and 'skiing' are all spelled correctly and are appropriate in the context of the sentence. 'Hear' is a homophone and does not make sense in this context.