Hesi Grammar Practice* (Test)

d

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.

He was _______________________ by her kind words.

a. affect

b. effect

c. effected

d. affected

b

Which of the following senteces is grammatically incorrect?

a. He performed well on the test.

b. He performed good on the test.

c. He performed poorly on the test.

d. He performed adequately on the test.

c

In the following sentence, which is the dependent clause?

We played a game while we waited, and then we had dinner.

a. We played

b. then we had dinner

c. while we waited

d. a game

a

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a. She drove much farther than I did.

b. The campus is further up the road.

c. I will have to consider farther before making a decision.

d. The hospital was further away than he thought.

d

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.

He thought it was _________ than 3 miles to the hospital.

a. further

b. fewer

c. bigger

d. less

a

Select the best words for the blanks in the following sentence.

The patient wanted to _____ down on the bed, but first she had to ______ her tray of food on the table.

a. lie, lay

b. lay, lie

c. lie, laid

d. lain, lying

c

Which word from the following sentence is a noun?

The bird flew acoss the blue sky.

a. across

b. flew

c. bird

d. blue

b

Which word in the following sentence is a conjunction?

The little girl wanted a cookie, but she didn't take one.

a. little

b. but

c. take

d. the

c

Which word in the following sentence is a direct object?

The nurse helped the patient with the medication.

a. helped

b. nurse

c. patient

d. medication

d

Which word or phrase in the following sentence is a subject?

The nurses went to the conference room.

a. conference

b. went to

c. room

d. nurses

a

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a. Walking home from class, the students watched the snow begin to fall.

b. Walking home from class, the snow began falling on the students.

c. Walking home from class, snow fell on the students.

d. Walking home from class, the students watched the snow fell.

b

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.

The student sang well, but she danced _______.

a. bad

b. badly

c. poor

d. poorer

b

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.

The college _______ he chose is in New York.

a. which

b. that

c. who

d. what

c

Select the best word or words for the blank in the following sentence.

The nurses, except for Henry, _______ in the conference room.

a. waits

b. is waiting

c. are waiting

d. was waiting

a

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.

Not only the students but also the professor ________ stunned by the test results.

a. was

b. were

c. are

d. be

b

Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?

The university lost power during the storm.

a. lost

b. during

c. power

d. the

c

Which word or phrase in the following sentence is the predicate?

Everyone who attended the concert heard the conductor's announcement.

a. the conductor's announcement

b. everyone

c. heard the conductor's announcement

d. who attended

d

The following sentence contains which type of phrase?

The patient was fit as a fiddle.

A. sexist language

b. profanity

c. euphemism

d. cliche

c

Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.

The pack of wolves _________ running through the forest.

a. are

b. were

c. is

d. be

d

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a. The room was filled with the perfume of flowers (e.g., plant blossoms).

b. The room was filled with the perfume (e.g., scent) of flowers.

c. The room (e.g., enclosed space) was filled with the perfume of flowers.

d. The room was filled with the perfume of flowers (e.g., roses, lilies, and irises).

b

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish chemistry, and biology.

b. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish, chemistry, and biology.

c. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish chemistry and biology.

d. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish, chemistry and biology

d

Which of the following sentences contains a predicate adjective ?(these link subjects to their adjectives to help explain the subject)

a. My classes are for smart students.

b. Smart students are in my classes.

c. My smart students are in these classes.

d. The students in my classes are smart.

b

Select the sentence that is grammatically correct.

a. The nurse spoke to my sister and I about our mother's condition.

b. The nurse spoke to my sister and me about our mother's condition.

c. THe nurse spoke to me and my sister about our mother's condition.

d. The nurse spoke to I and my sister about our mother's condition.

c

Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.

She has always been afraid of _________ to the doctor.

a. go

b, to go

c. going

d. have gone

b

Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.

Every morning after a shower, I shave ______.

a. me

b. myself

c. mine

d. my

a

Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.

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

a. too

b. not

c. to

d. so much

a

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.

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

a. to do

b. doing

c. be doing

d. to doing

d

Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.

He sat ________ Holly and Mary on the bus.

a. though

b. through

c. among

d. between

b

Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not used correctly.

The data confirms that the patient is suffering from extreme anxiety, and a tranquilizing medication is immediately required.

a, extreme anxiety

b. confirms

c. is

d. immediately

a

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.

The professor had a huge ______ of tests to grade.

a. number

b. amount

c. aggregate

d. stacks

c

Which word is used incorrectly in the following sentence?

Will you learn me how to do origami?

a. me

b. will

c. learn

d. origami

b

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.

The members of the group (notice: this group of words are intervening) ______ to be seated together.

a. wanting

b. want

c. wants

d. waiting

d

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.

The student completed the test ________.

a. quite

b. quick

c. quitely

d. quickly

a

Select the correct word(s) for the blank in the following sentence.

The student thought the second test was ______ than the first test.

a. harder

b. more hard

c. hardest

d. most hardest

c

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.

The student thought the second test was harder ______the first test.

a. then

b. that

c. than

d. between

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.

The student went to his first class and ______ to see the Principal.

a. then

b. and

c. than

d. did

c

Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.

The dog wagged _______ tail when the food dish was filled

a. the

b. one's

c. its

d. it's

d

What word is best to substitute for the "The boy" in the following sentence?

The boy watched the lights in the house go off.

a. Him

b. His

c. They

d. He

b

Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.

___________ thought the movie was very good.

a. Us

b. We

c. Them

d. Ourselves

a

Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.

The hospital is located at the top ________ the hill.

a. of

b. off

c. in

d. on