HESI A2 GRAMMAR AND READING COMPREHENSION VOCABULARY EXAM

A clause that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence. - Independent Clause A form of personal pronoun that shows possession or ownership. - Possessive Pronoun A group of two or more words that act as a single part of speech in a sentence. - Phrase A group of words that expresses a complete thought. - Sentence A group of words that has a subject and a predicate. - Clause A mild, indirect, or vague term that has been substituted for one that is considered harsh, blunt, or offensive. - Euphemism A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject. Professors are teachers - Predicate Nominative A noun that represents a group of persons, animals, or things (e.g., family, flock, furniture). - Collective Noun A phrase that is formed by a participle, it's object, and the object's modifiers; the phrase functions as an adjective. think of verbs that end in -ing or -ed crunching corn washed laundry - these both describe or modify the noun - Participial Phrase A pronoun that refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea by indicating the person speaking (first person), the person or people being spoken to (second person), or any other person, place, thing, or idea being talked about (third person). - Personal Pronoun A sentence that asks a question. - Interrogative Sentence A sentence that expresses strong feelings or makes and exclamation. - Exclamatory Sentence A sentence that has two or more independent clauses. Each independent clause has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence. - Compound Sentence A sentence that makes a command or request. - Imperative Sentence A sentence that makes a statement. - Declarative Sentence A set of beliefs the writer has about a subject. - Assumption A type of verb that functions as an adjective. -Giggled,giggling..brought bringing, - Participle A word or group of words that are not located properly in relation to the words they modify. - you will find a modify next to the word it describes Raymond wore his one collared shirt to the job interview, which was unfortunately stained with yellow mustard. Which was unfortunately stained with yellow mustard is an adjective clause. In the sentence above, it is describing interview, the noun in front. But an interview can't get stained with mustard! - Misplaced Modifier A word or group of words that names a person, place, thing, or idea. - Noun A word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation. - Interjection A word or phrase that is used to express an action or a state of being. - Verb A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses. - Conjunction A word that means the opposite of another word. - Antonym A word that means the same thing as another word. - Synonym A word that shows the relationship of the noun or pronoun to some other word in