grammar hesi a2

Question 1

noun

Answer 1

word or group of words that names a person, place, thing, or idea

Question 2

common noun

Answer 2

the general, not the particular, name of a person, place, or thing

Question 3

common noun example

Answer 3

nurse, hospital, syringe

Question 4

proper noun

Answer 4

the official name of a person, place, or thing, proper nouns are capitalized

Question 5

proper noun example

Answer 5

Washington University, Fred, Paris

Question 6

abstract noun

Answer 6

the name of a quality or general idea

Question 7

abstract noun example

Answer 7

persistence, democracy

Question 8

collective noun

Answer 8

represents a group of persons, animals or things

Question 9

collective noun example

Answer 9

family, flock, furniture

Question 10

pronoun

Answer 10

takes the place of a noun, another pronoun, or a group of words acting as a noun

Question 11

personal pronoun

Answer 11

refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea by indicating the person speaking (first person), the person or people spoken to (second person), or any other person, place, thing, or idea being talked about (third person)

Question 12

personal pronoun example

Answer 12

we (first person) were going to ask you (second person) to give them (third person) a ride to the office

Question 13

possessive pronoun

Answer 13

a form of person pronoun that shows possession or ownership

Question 14

possessive pronoun example

Answer 14

that is my book, that book is mine, that is his book

Question 15

adjective

Answer 15

word, phrase or clause that modifies a noun or pronoun, answers the question what kind, which one, how many, or how much

Question 16

verb

Answer 16

word or phrase that is used to express an action or state of being

Question 17

3 primary verb tenses

Answer 17

present- mary works
past- mary worked
future- mary will work

Question 18

adverb

Answer 18

word, phrase, or clause that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb

Question 19

adverb example

Answer 19

the student scored quite badly on the test

Question 20

verb example

Answer 20

the physician operates quickly

Question 21

adjective example

Answer 21

the nurse wears very colorful uniforms

Question 22

preposition

Answer 22

shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence

Question 23

prepositional example

Answer 23

sam left the classroom at noon, the students learned the basics of grammar

Question 24

conjunction

Answer 24

a word that joints words, phrases, or clauses

Question 25

erjection

Answer 25

word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation

Question 26

interjection example

Answer 26

yikes, that test was hard
whew, that test was easy

Question 27

clause

Answer 27

group of words that has a subject and a predicate

Question 28

ependent clause

Answer 28

expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence

Question 29

independent clause example

Answer 29

the professor distributed the examinations as soon as the students were seated

-the professor distributed the examinations

Question 30

dependent clause

Answer 30

begins with a subordinating conjunction and does not express a complete thought and therefore cannot stand alone as a sentence

Question 31

direct object

Answer 31

the person or thing that is directly affected by the action of the verb

Question 32

indirect object

Answer 32

the person or thing that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb

Question 33

phrase

Answer 33

a group of 2 or more words that acts as a single part of speech in a sentence, lacks a subject and a preficate

Question 34

predicate

Answer 34

part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or what is done to the subject

Question 35

predicate adjective

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follows a linking verb and helps to explain the subject

Question 36

predicate adjective example

Answer 36

my professors are wonderful

Question 37

predicate nominative

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a noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb and helps to explain or rename the subject

Question 38

predicate nominative example

Answer 38

professors are teacher

Question 39

entence

Answer 39

a group of words that expresses a complete thought

Question 40

declarative sentence

Answer 40

makes a statement

Question 41

interrogative sentence

Answer 41

asks a question

Question 42

imperatiuve sentence

Answer 42

makes a command or request

Question 43

exclamatory sentence

Answer 43

makes an exclamation

Question 44

subject

Answer 44

word, phrase, or clause that names whom or what the sentence is about