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

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