Nursing and Grammar: Key Concepts for English and Medical Terms

Subject-Verb Agreement: Which sentence is correct?

A. The nurses is preparing for the shift.

B. The nurses are preparing for the shift.

C. The nurses prepares for the shift.

D. The nurses was preparing for the shift.

B. The nurses are preparing for the shift.

Explanation: The plural subject "nurses" requires the plural verb "are."

Sentence Fragments: Which option is a sentence fragment?

A. The patient received medication.

B. After the nurse completed the assessment.

C. The doctor reviewed the chart.

D. The family waited in the lobby.

B. After the nurse completed the assessment.

Explanation: It lacks a complete thought.

Run-On Sentences: Which sentence is written correctly?

A. I studied all night, I passed the exam.

B. I studied all night I passed the exam.

C. I studied all night, and I passed the exam.

D. I studied all night, passed the exam.

C. I studied all night, and I passed the exam.

Explanation: Two independent clauses are correctly joined with a comma and conjunction.

Misplaced Modifier: Which sentence is written correctly?

A. She drank a hot cup of coffee.

B. She drank a cup of hot coffee.

C. She drank a coffee cup that was hot.

D. She drank hotly coffee.

B. She drank a cup of hot coffee.

Explanation: "Hot" correctly modifies "coffee."

Adjectives and Adverbs: Choose the correct sentence.

A. He runs quick.

B. He runs quickly.

C. He quickly runner.

D. He quick runs.

B. He runs quickly.

Explanation: Adverbs modify verbs.

Correct Spelling: Which word is spelled correctly?

A. Definately

B. Definatly

C. Definitely

D. Definetly

C. Definitely

Commonly Confused Words

Choose the correct word: The weather forecast will ______ whether the picnic is canceled.

A. effect

B. affect

C. except

D. advice

B. affect

Explanation: "Affect" means to influence.

Homophones: Which sentence is correct?

A. Their going to the hospital.

B. They're going to the hospital.

C. There going to the hospital.

D. Ther'e going to the hospital.

B. They're going to the hospital.

"I Before E” Rule: Which word follows the rule "I before E except after C"?

A. Ceiling

B. Believe

C. Science

D. Weird

B. Believe

Drop the Final E: Which word is spelled correctly?

A. Hopeing

B. Hopping

C. Hoping

D. Hopeingly

C. Hoping

Change Y to I: Which word is correct?

A. Relied

B. Relyed

C. Relyied

D. Rellyed

A. Relied

Double the Final Consonant: Which spelling is correct?

A. Begining

B. Beginning

C. Beggining'

D. Begininng

B. Beginning

Plural Forms: What is the correct plural form of "knife"?

A. knifes

B. knifees

C. knives

D. knifs

C. knives

Prefix Meaning: What does the prefix "pre-" mean?

A. After

B. Before

C. Under

D. Across

B. Before

Prefix Meaning: The prefix "anti-" means:

A. Above

B. Against

C. Again

D. Under

B. Against

Suffix Meaning: What does the suffix "-less" mean?

A. Full of

B. State of being

C. Without

D. Action

C. Without

Word Analysis: What does the word hypoglycemia most likely mean?

A. High blood sugar

B. Low blood sugar

C. Heart inflammation

D. Excess heat

B. Low blood sugar

Explanation: hypo = low, glyc = sugar, emia = blood condition

Medical Terminology: What does intravenous mean?

A. Around the heart

B. Low potassium

C. Within a vein

D. Outside the body

C. Within a vein

Context Clues: A patient with hypokalemia has low levels of:

A. Calcium

B. Sodium

C. Potassium

D. Iron

B. Sodium

Prefix and Suffix Analysis: What does the word unbelievable most nearly mean?

A. Easy to trust

B. Not capable of being believed

C. Full of belief

D. Before belief

B. Not capable of being believed