HESI A2 2023 GRAMMAR EXAM

HESI A2 2023 GRAMMAR EXAM 1. Which sentence is grammatically correct? a) Sarah plays her new saxophone well. b) The dog catches the freebee good. c) The band did good during the half time show. d) The band that played before ours was well. 2. Select the word or phrase that makes the sentence grammatically correct? She was so mad at her boyfriend, she ____________ on him when he called. a) Yelled b) Screamed c) Speak d) Hung up 3. It was a beautiful performance. We all watched her from a balcony in the theater as she danced gracefully across the ________ stage. a) Massive b) Stunningly c) Lonely d) Misery 4. John F. Kennedy was a senator before he _______ president in 1960. a) Elected b) Was electing c) Was elected d) Had elected 5. Identify the dependent clause in this sentence: The mother dog left her bed as soon as the puppies were asleep. a) As soon as the puppies were asleep b) Left her bed as soon as c) The puppies were asleep d) The mother dog left her bed 6. You _________ on your final exam. a) Worked b) Forget c) Did well d) Done good 7. Two students _____________ their professor about possibility of obtaining good grade in class. a) Asked b) Is c) Was d) Could 8. When a person finds ________________in a stressful situation, it helps to breathe deeply. a) Oneself b) yourself c) Themselves d) Itself 9. Children generally _____________ with others of the same size and age. a) Play b) Plays c) Played d) Playing 10. Scissors should never be ___________ by the handle. a) Carry b) Carries c) Carried d) Carrying 11. The child cried, “I want to do it _____________. a) Mine b) Me c) Myself d) Me self 12. During the storm, the glass in three of the windows was broken. a) Broken b) Breaks c) Was broken d) Were broken 13. He ___________ football game. a) Never almost attends b) Almost never attends c) Almost attends never d) Attends almost never 14. In order to be admitted to the university, he __________ to make an application by May 15th. a) Has b) Have c) Might d) Should 15. _________ you taking a cruise to commemorate your wedding anniversary? a) Are b) Is c) Was d) Could 16. ____________ are the very ancient people. a) The Chinese b) Chinese c) The Chineses d) Chineses 17. The nursing _____ put the band _______ on the wound to _______ the nurse. a) Aide, aide, aid b) Aide, aid, aid c) Aide, aide, aide d) Aid, aid, aide 18. Do you know ________________ a) What time is it? b) What time it is? c) What is time? d) It is what time? 19. As we celebrated the start of the evening festivities, our glasses _____________ and a toast was made by our host. a) Were risen b) Were rose c) Were raised d) Arose 20. Since the factory was destroyed the company has _________ business to do. a) No b) Not c) None d) Neither 21. The blue whale is the largest animal _________ the world. a) In b) On c) Of d) At 22. Economics ____________ my least favorite subject at school. a) Am b) Is c) Are d) Been 23. When a person finds ________________in a stressful situation, it helps to breathe deeply. a) Oneself b) Yourself c) Themselves d) Itself 24. Children generally _____________ with others of the same size and age. a) Play b) Plays c) Played d) Playing 25. Scissors should never be ___________ by the handle. a) Carry b) Carries c) Carried d) Carrying 26. The child cried, “I want to do it _____________. a) Mine b) Me c) Myself d) Me self 27. The nurse did not think that the symptoms ___________ an emergency room visit. a) Desired b) Warranted c) Guaranteed d) Should have been 28. during the storm, the glass in three of the windows _______. a) Broken b) Breaks c) Was broken d) Were broken 29. He ___________ football games. a) Never almost attends b) Almost never attends c) Almost attends never d) Attends almost never 30. I am looking forward to ___________ on a vacation next month. a) Go b) Going c) Be go d) Going to go 31. If they _________ that the weather was going to be so bad, they wouldn’t have gone to the beach. a) Know b) Knew c) Had known d) Were knowing 32. WHICH SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT? a) Which one do you want? b) Pick the won you want? c) Whose one do you want? d) Who’s do you want? 33. WHICH SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT? a) The winner was me. b) It was I who won. c) The runner was her. d) It was me who lost. 34. WHICH SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT? a) He did bad on the test. b) He felt bad about the broken window. c) He felt badly about being late. d) When the patient feels badly, give him an aspirin. SELECT THE WORD OR PHRASE IN THE SENTENCE THAT IS NOT USED CORRECTLY IN THE QUESTIONS BELOW. 35. Before his death at age 82, comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s motto was, “I don’t get no respect.” a) At b) No c) Before d) Was 36. Because I want to go to the movies later, I am going to due my homework now. a) Because b) To go c) Due d) Am going to 37. Based on the principals of asepsis, the nurse should consider a sterile packet below waist level to be contaminated. a) Principals b) Asepsis c) Nurse d) Sterile 38. He ate for pieces of fried chicken at dinner, and no vegetables. a) No b) For c) At d) Ate 39. It was after soon he arrived in the U.S.A that he met the woman who was to become his wife. a) Was b) After soon c) Become d) Arrived 40. The student ___________ for the final exam. a) Was studying b) Didn’t studied c) Studied hardly d) Would have studies 41. The mailperson’s job is to put the envelope’s in every mailbox on the block. a) Envelope’s b) Mailperson’s c) Block d) Every