HESI Grammar 2026 – Complete Grammar, Usage, and Sentence Structure Questions and Answers
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Eight parts of speech - (ANSWER)Nouns , Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjunctions, Interjections.
Noun - (ANSWER)Names a person, place or thing
ex: church, writer
Common noun - (ANSWER)General not particular name of person, place, or thing
ex: nurse, hospital, syringe
Proper noun - (ANSWER)The official name of a person, place, or thing.
ex: Abraham Lincoln
Always capitalized
Abstract Noun - (ANSWER)Names a quality or general idea
e.g. persistence, democracy
Collective Noun - (ANSWER)Represents a group of persons, animals, or things.
Ex. Family, flock, furniture
Pronoun - (ANSWER)A word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a groups of words
acting together as a noun.
ex: their, them
Antecedent - (ANSWER)The word of group of words to which a pronoun refers
Ex: "The students wanted their test papers graded and returned to them in a timely manner"
students = antecedent
them/their = pronouns
,HESI Grammar 2026 – Complete Grammar, Usage, and Sentence Structure Questions and Answers
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Personal Pronoun - (ANSWER)Refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea indicating the person
speaking (first person), the person spoken to (second person), or any other noun being talked about
(third person)
- Either plural or singular - expresses number
ex: We(1st plural) were going to ask you (2nd singular) to give them (3rd plural) a ride to the office
Possessive Pronoun - (ANSWER)A form of personal noun that shows possession or ownership.
e. g. my, mine, his
Ex. This is my book or that book is mine or that is his book
Do not contain apostrophe
Where to use pronouns ending in -self - (ANSWER)Only at end when noun to relate it back to or at the
beginning ex. I myself did......., or Sara did ......herself.
No such words as hisself, theirself, theirselves
Adjective - (ANSWER)Word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun.
e.g. He is *nice*. (nice is the adjective)
Answers the question what kind (a *hard* test), which one (an *English* test), how many (*3* tests), or
how much (*many* tests).
How can verbs, pronouns, and nouns act as adjectives - (ANSWER)Verbs as function adjectives are
participle usually ending in -ing or -ed.
Ex. Verb: the *scowling* professor, the *worried* student, the *broken* pencil
Ex. Pronoun: *my* book, *your* class, *that* book, this class
Ex.noun: the *professor's* class, the *biology* class
Participle - (ANSWER)Type of verb that functions as an adjective, usually ending in -ing or -ed.
e.g. the *absent-minded* professor
, HESI Grammar 2026 – Complete Grammar, Usage, and Sentence Structure Questions and Answers
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Verb - (ANSWER)Phrase used to express an action or state of being.
Express time through tense
3 types of tense - (ANSWER)Present- Mary works
Past- Mary worked
Future- Mary will work
Linking verbs - (ANSWER)Verbs that link, join, the subject of a sentence to a a noun, pronoun, or
predicate adjective.
- DO NOT SHOW ACTION
- Most commonly used are forms of the verb 'to be': am, is, are, was, were, being, been
- Forms of the verb relate to senses: look, sound, smell, feel, and taste
- Forms of verb relate to state of being: seem, become, grows, turn, prove, and remain
Adverb - (ANSWER)A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb.
ex: Verb - The physician operates *quickly*
Adjective - She wears *very* colorful clothes
Adverb - She scored *quite* badly on the test
Preposition - (ANSWER)A word showing the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in
the sentence.
ex: in, from, about
Compound preposition - (ANSWER)Preposition made up of more than one word
Prepositional phrase - (ANSWER)Group of words that begin with a preposition and ends with a noun or
pronoun (called the object of the preposition)
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Eight parts of speech - (ANSWER)Nouns , Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjunctions, Interjections.
Noun - (ANSWER)Names a person, place or thing
ex: church, writer
Common noun - (ANSWER)General not particular name of person, place, or thing
ex: nurse, hospital, syringe
Proper noun - (ANSWER)The official name of a person, place, or thing.
ex: Abraham Lincoln
Always capitalized
Abstract Noun - (ANSWER)Names a quality or general idea
e.g. persistence, democracy
Collective Noun - (ANSWER)Represents a group of persons, animals, or things.
Ex. Family, flock, furniture
Pronoun - (ANSWER)A word that takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a groups of words
acting together as a noun.
ex: their, them
Antecedent - (ANSWER)The word of group of words to which a pronoun refers
Ex: "The students wanted their test papers graded and returned to them in a timely manner"
students = antecedent
them/their = pronouns
,HESI Grammar 2026 – Complete Grammar, Usage, and Sentence Structure Questions and Answers
with Expert Solutions
Personal Pronoun - (ANSWER)Refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea indicating the person
speaking (first person), the person spoken to (second person), or any other noun being talked about
(third person)
- Either plural or singular - expresses number
ex: We(1st plural) were going to ask you (2nd singular) to give them (3rd plural) a ride to the office
Possessive Pronoun - (ANSWER)A form of personal noun that shows possession or ownership.
e. g. my, mine, his
Ex. This is my book or that book is mine or that is his book
Do not contain apostrophe
Where to use pronouns ending in -self - (ANSWER)Only at end when noun to relate it back to or at the
beginning ex. I myself did......., or Sara did ......herself.
No such words as hisself, theirself, theirselves
Adjective - (ANSWER)Word, phrase, or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun.
e.g. He is *nice*. (nice is the adjective)
Answers the question what kind (a *hard* test), which one (an *English* test), how many (*3* tests), or
how much (*many* tests).
How can verbs, pronouns, and nouns act as adjectives - (ANSWER)Verbs as function adjectives are
participle usually ending in -ing or -ed.
Ex. Verb: the *scowling* professor, the *worried* student, the *broken* pencil
Ex. Pronoun: *my* book, *your* class, *that* book, this class
Ex.noun: the *professor's* class, the *biology* class
Participle - (ANSWER)Type of verb that functions as an adjective, usually ending in -ing or -ed.
e.g. the *absent-minded* professor
, HESI Grammar 2026 – Complete Grammar, Usage, and Sentence Structure Questions and Answers
with Expert Solutions
Verb - (ANSWER)Phrase used to express an action or state of being.
Express time through tense
3 types of tense - (ANSWER)Present- Mary works
Past- Mary worked
Future- Mary will work
Linking verbs - (ANSWER)Verbs that link, join, the subject of a sentence to a a noun, pronoun, or
predicate adjective.
- DO NOT SHOW ACTION
- Most commonly used are forms of the verb 'to be': am, is, are, was, were, being, been
- Forms of the verb relate to senses: look, sound, smell, feel, and taste
- Forms of verb relate to state of being: seem, become, grows, turn, prove, and remain
Adverb - (ANSWER)A word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb.
ex: Verb - The physician operates *quickly*
Adjective - She wears *very* colorful clothes
Adverb - She scored *quite* badly on the test
Preposition - (ANSWER)A word showing the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in
the sentence.
ex: in, from, about
Compound preposition - (ANSWER)Preposition made up of more than one word
Prepositional phrase - (ANSWER)Group of words that begin with a preposition and ends with a noun or
pronoun (called the object of the preposition)
