HESI Grammar Review Flashcards

These flashcards cover essential grammar rules and correct sentence structures based on the HESI Grammar lecture notes.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

a) Who’s coming to the party?

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

b) I want ice cream, too.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

a) He did well on his diet.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

Somebody left his or her jacket on the train

Which sentence should replace "This door to remain unlocked when occupied."?

a) This door will remain unlocked when the office is occupied.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

a) Sarah plays her new saxophone well.

Which use of apostrophe is correct in the sentence?

c) Business’.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

b) The students looked at their test scores.

Arrange alphabetically: Verbal, Volume, Void, Vital.

a) Vital, verbal, void, volume.

Identify the incomplete sentence.

a) While they were sleeping.

She was so mad at her boyfriend, she on him when he called.

d) Hung up.

The girl quickly ran through the dark woods to get back to the house. What word fits the blank?

a) Massive.

A tuberculin skin test should be read within 24 hours _ administration.

b) Of.

John F. Kennedy was a senator before he _ president in 1960.

c) Was elected.

Identify the dependent clause in this sentence.

a) As soon as the puppies were asleep.

Select the sentence in which snake is used as a verb.

d) The spy had to snake his way furtively onto the train.

In which sentence is the form fast used as an adverb?

b) The cars on the overpass moved fast.

Which phrase should be moved to the end of the sentence? The painter decided to use the urn as his subject with flowers on the table.

b) With flowers.

Make this a complete sentence: as she watched me from the kitchen window.

I ran around outside as fast as I could.

Susan gave ice cream to John and __.

b) Me.

My mom and __ went to the store.

b) I.

I am looking forward to my birthday party at work.

d) Having.

The dress you wore at my birthday party is my favorite.

a) That.

You _ on your final exam.

c) Did well.

A synonym is a word a meaning similar to another word.

a) Having.

In preparation for your birthday dinner, I will help _ the dinnerware on the table.

b) Set.

Two students (are) _ their professor about possibility of obtaining good grade in class.

a) Ask/Are.

To be admitted to the university, he __ to make application by May 15.

d) Should.

_ you taking a cruise to commemorate your wedding anniversary?

a) Are.

are the very ancient people.

a) The Chinese.

The nursing put the band __ on the wound to _ the nurse.

b) Aide, aid, aid.

Do you know ___

b) What time it is?

The accident _ if the motorist had obeyed the speed limit sign.

d) Never would have happened.

After having robbed the bank, __.

a) The thief hid at the house of a friend.

She went to the party her dislike for the host.

a) In spite of.

He tried to remember the names of all the people _ were there that night.

c) Who.

As we celebrated the start of the evening festivities, our glasses _ and a toast was made by our host.

c) Were raised.

Since the factory was destroyed the company has _ business to do.

a) No.

He doesn’t care for a rap music and .

c) Neither do I.

The nurse asked the patient to choose _ items from the menu.

a) Eight.

She told her friend that her favorite colors _ red and blue.

b) Are.

If the nurse ___ the patient was going to threw up. She would have brought a basin.

b) Had known.

If I ___ you, I would leave now.

b) Were.

The baby ___ because she was hungry.

c) Cried.

The national anthem at the super bowl by Whitney Houston.

a) Was sung.

It is important that John _ his resume immediately.

a) Send.

The blue whale is the largest animal _ the world.

c) Of.

Economics my least favorite subject at school.

b) Is.

When a person finds __in a stressful situation, it helps to breathe deeply.

a) Oneself.

Children generally _ with others of the same size and age.

a) Play.

Scissors should never be ___ by the handle.

c) Carried.

The child cried, “I want to do it _.

c) Myself.

The nurse did not think that the symptoms ___ an emergency room visit.

b) Warranted.

During the storm, the glass in three of the windows was broken.

c) Was broken.

He ___ football game.

b) Almost never attends.

I am looking forward to ___ on a vacation next month.

b) Going.

If they _ that the weather was going to be so bad, they wouldn’t have gone to the beach.

c) Had known.

Finishing quickly is not as important as _ all the question correctly.

b) Answering.

Select the sentence that uses 'they’re' correctly.

c) They’re more likely to do well if they study.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

b) The nurse asked the patient to lie down on the gurney.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

a) Which one do you want?

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

b) It was I who won.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

b) He felt bad about the broken window.

Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not used correctly, question 65-79.

b) No.

Because I want to go to the movies later, I am going to due my homework now.

c) Due.

Based on the principals of asepsis, the nurse should consider a sterile packet below waist level to be contaminated.

a) Principals.

He ate for pieces of fried chicken at dinner, and no vegetables.

b) For.

It was after soon he arrived in the U.S.A that he met the woman who was to become his wife.

b) After soon.

A sentence must always begin with a capital letter but many people forget this simple rule.

a) Must.

Of the many people what she interviewed; she chose the one with the most experience.

b) What.

The student ___ for the final exam.

a) Was studying.

The mailperson’s job is to put the envelope’s in every mailbox on the block.

a) Envelope’s.

The physician started to preform the operation, but the patient was not yet completely under anesthesia.

a) Preform.

The nurse’s notes in the medical record indicate the patients pain was severe.

c) Patients.

The charge nurse overheard the nursing assistant discussing the private details of a client’s medical condition with a personnel friend in the hospital cafeteria.

d) Personnel.

The nurse asked the patient to choose ate items from the menu that are his favorite.

a) Ate items.

The patient was to cold, so he asked the nurse for another blanket.

b) To.

The car that she had seen at the Ford dealer was the one that she final decided to buy.

c) Final.

When you add sugar to it, your cup of coffee becomes not only sweet also fattening.

d) Also.

The team want to go to the game early for tryouts.

a) Want.

After the policeman had ran for several miles, he finally caught up with the man who had stolen the purse.

a) Had ran.

The patients voice was a little horse and he complained of a sore throat, so the doctor prescribed a throat lozenge.

b) Horse.

During the blackout, one of the patients were frightened and screamed loudly.

c) Were.

During the time he lived in New York, he worked as a writer, and editor, and a library.

d) Library.

San Francisco is one of the many cities in the world which have recently been hit by earthquakes.

b) Have.

The sales man recommended that he keeps his receipt for at least a month.

b) Keeps.

The radio broadcast has heard by almost everyone in the country.

a) Has heard.

I will call you when I will get back from visiting my sister.

b) Will get.

It’s true that children depend in their parents for food, clothing and shelter.

c) In.

The teachers let the students to know that they would have an hour to complete the test.

b) To know.

He had already finished studying at an University when he was called to join the army.

a) An.

Long before his death, Pablo Picasso had become one of the most important artists in history.

d) Important.

The man’s heart attack scared him badly and he decided having a regular check-up from then on.

d) Having.

In the accident that destroyed his car, he had ten of his tooths mocked out.

b) Tooths.

The most important things in my life are making money, traveling abroad, and to live well.

d) To live.

There are three things to remember for the test: Vocabulary, Grammar, and Spelling.

a) There.

Which sentence is grammatically correct?

c) Gosh, I could have had a V-8!

Which word is used incorrectly?

It seem like the sun never shines on Saturday.

Which word is used incorrectly?

b) Were.

Which sentence is grammatically incorrect?

b) Was seeing.