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HESI A2 Grammar Set 2

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Which revision makes 'The waiting room to close at six' a complete sentence?

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HESI A2 Grammar Set 2 Practice Questions

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Question 1

Which revision makes 'The waiting room to close at six' a complete sentence?

  1. The waiting room will close at six.
  2. The waiting room closing at six.
  3. The waiting room to close promptly at six.
  4. At six, the waiting room to close.
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Correct answer:

  1. The waiting room will close at six.

Explanation: Will close supplies a finite verb, turning the fragment into a complete sentence.

Question 2

Choose the correct word: 'The technician will ___ the equipment on the counter.'

  1. sitting
  2. sit
  3. set
  4. sat
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Correct answer:

  1. set

Explanation: Set means to place something and takes the object 'the equipment.'

Question 3

Which sentence correctly joins two independent clauses with 'but'?

  1. I called the office, nobody answered.
  2. I called the office, but nobody answered.
  3. I called the office; but, nobody answered.
  4. I called the office but, nobody answered.
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Correct answer:

  1. I called the office, but nobody answered.

Explanation: Place a comma before but when it joins independent clauses.

Question 4

Which sentence uses standard capitalization correctly?

  1. Dr. Patel will Speak on Friday.
  2. Dr. Patel will speak on Friday.
  3. dr. Patel will speak on friday.
  4. Dr. patel will speak on Friday.
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Correct answer:

  1. Dr. Patel will speak on Friday.

Explanation: A title before a name, the name itself, and the day of the week are capitalized.

Question 5

Choose the correct phrase: 'By the time the lecture started, we ___ our notes.'

  1. had reviewed
  2. have reviewing
  3. had reviews
  4. had review
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Correct answer:

  1. had reviewed

Explanation: The past perfect uses had plus a past participle to show an earlier past action.

Question 6

Choose the correct word: 'Please complete the registration ___ before entering.'

  1. formed
  2. from
  3. form
  4. formses
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Correct answer:

  1. form

Explanation: Form names the document to be completed; from is a preposition.

Question 7

Which phrase is incorrect? 'The visitor waited for a hour near the entrance.'

  1. waited
  2. a hour
  3. near
  4. visitor
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Correct answer:

  1. a hour

Explanation: Hour begins with a vowel sound, so use 'an hour.'

Question 8

Which word most precisely describes repeated interruptions? 'The phone rang ___, with quiet pauses between calls.'

  1. repeatedly
  2. continuously
  3. uninterruptedly
  4. ceaselessly
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Correct answer:

  1. repeatedly

Explanation: Repeatedly fits separate events with pauses, rather than uninterrupted activity.

Question 9

Which phrase is incorrect? 'She has began the online application.'

  1. She
  2. has began
  3. application
  4. online
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Correct answer:

  1. has began

Explanation: After has, use the past participle begun rather than the past tense began.

Question 10

Choose the correct word: 'The interview will occur between nine ___ ten.'

  1. and
  2. at
  3. to
  4. from
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Correct answer:

  1. and

Explanation: Between pairs with and, whereas from pairs with to.

Question 11

Choose the correct word to describe the soup's taste: 'The soup tastes ___.'

  1. saltiness
  2. salty
  3. saltierly
  4. saltily
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Correct answer:

  1. salty

Explanation: Tastes is a linking verb here, so an adjective describes the soup.

Question 12

Choose the correct word: '___ lockers are located near the laboratory.'

  1. There
  2. Theirs
  3. Their
  4. They're
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Correct answer:

  1. Their

Explanation: Their modifies lockers to show possession.

Question 13

Which word is incorrect? 'The teacher asked for quiet, but the students could not here her.'

  1. quiet
  2. here
  3. students
  4. teacher
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Correct answer:

  1. here

Explanation: Hear is the verb for perceiving sound; here refers to a place.

Question 14

Choose the correct phrase: 'Of the three routes, this one is the ___.'

  1. most shorter
  2. shorter
  3. more shortest
  4. shortest
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Correct answer:

  1. shortest

Explanation: The superlative shortest compares one route with all three.

Question 15

Choose the correct phrase: 'The manual contains a diagram ___ the procedure.'

  1. which explain
  2. that explaining
  3. that explains
  4. who explain
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Correct answer:

  1. that explains

Explanation: The singular noun diagram takes the relative-clause verb explains.

Question 16

Which word is incorrect? 'The patient need a copy of the discharge summary.'

  1. patient
  2. summary
  3. copy
  4. need
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Correct answer:

  1. need

Explanation: The singular subject patient requires needs.

Question 17

Choose the correct word: 'Finish the worksheet; ___ check your answers.'

  1. their
  2. than
  3. then
  4. whose
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Correct answer:

  1. then

Explanation: Then indicates the next step in a sequence.

Question 18

Choose the correct word: 'Could you give me some ___ about choosing a course?'

  1. advising
  2. advice
  3. advise
  4. advises
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Correct answer:

  1. advice

Explanation: Advice is the noun naming a recommendation; advise is a verb.

Question 19

In formal written English, choose the correct pronoun: 'To ___ should I send this letter?'

  1. who
  2. whom
  3. which
  4. whose
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Correct answer:

  1. whom

Explanation: Whom is the object of the preposition to.

Question 20

Choose the correct contraction: '___ coming to inspect the building tomorrow.'

  1. They're
  2. There
  3. Their
  4. Theirs
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Correct answer:

  1. They're

Explanation: They're means they are and fits before coming.

Question 21

Treating the committee as one unit in standard American English, choose the correct verb: 'The committee ___ the proposal.'

  1. approving
  2. approve
  3. approves
  4. have approve
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Correct answer:

  1. approves

Explanation: A collective noun functioning as a unit takes a singular verb.

Question 22

Choose the correct pronoun: 'The instructor spoke to Ben and ___.'

  1. myself
  2. my
  3. me
  4. I
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Correct answer:

  1. me

Explanation: The pronoun is an object of to, so use me; myself lacks a matching subject here.

Question 23

Choose the correct word: 'They had trouble ___ the correct entrance.'

  1. finds
  2. find
  3. finding
  4. found
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Correct answer:

  1. finding

Explanation: An -ing form commonly follows 'had trouble' to name the difficult activity.

Question 24

Choose the correct phrase: 'We agreed ___ the room before leaving.'

  1. cleaning
  2. cleaned
  3. clean
  4. to clean
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Correct answer:

  1. to clean

Explanation: Agree takes a to-infinitive in this construction.

Question 25

In which sentence is 'light' an adjective directly modifying a noun?

  1. She carried a light suitcase.
  2. Light travels quickly.
  3. Please light the candle.
  4. The light flickered.
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Correct answer:

  1. She carried a light suitcase.

Explanation: Light describes the suitcase's weight; elsewhere it functions as a verb or noun.

Question 26

Which sentence uses a verb correctly?

  1. The nurse has taken the patient's temperature.
  2. The nurse has taking the patient's temperature.
  3. The nurse has took the patient's temperature.
  4. The nurse have taken the patient's temperature.
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Correct answer:

  1. The nurse has taken the patient's temperature.

Explanation: Taken is the past participle used after has.

Question 27

Which phrase is incorrect? 'The driver had drove through heavy rain.'

  1. heavy
  2. through
  3. driver
  4. had drove
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Correct answer:

  1. had drove

Explanation: The past perfect requires had driven, not had drove.

Question 28

Choose the correct word: 'The instructions were ___ complicated for a beginner.'

  1. tow
  2. too
  3. two
  4. to
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Correct answer:

  1. too

Explanation: Too before an adjective means excessively.

Question 29

Which sentence uses there, their, or they're correctly?

  1. They're is a seat near the window.
  2. Their is a seat near the window.
  3. Theirs is a seat near the window.
  4. There is a seat near the window.
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Correct answer:

  1. There is a seat near the window.

Explanation: There introduces the existence of a seat; the other forms do not fit.

Question 30

Choose the correct phrase: 'The event was canceled ___ the road was flooded.'

  1. due to
  2. instead of
  3. because
  4. do to
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Correct answer:

  1. because

Explanation: Because introduces the complete clause 'the road was flooded.'

Question 31

Choose the correct word: 'The hospital's ___ department handles employee records.'

  1. personnel
  2. personality
  3. personal
  4. personally
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Correct answer:

  1. personnel

Explanation: Personnel refers to employees or staff; personal refers to private matters.

Question 32

Choose the correct word: 'The volunteers worked ___ together.'

  1. goodness
  2. good
  3. goodly
  4. well
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Correct answer:

  1. well

Explanation: Well is the adverb describing how they worked.

Question 33

Which word is incorrect? 'The student bought three notebook's for class.'

  1. bought
  2. student
  3. class
  4. notebook's
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Correct answer:

  1. notebook's

Explanation: A simple plural needs notebooks without an apostrophe.

Question 34

Choose the correct word: 'Yesterday, she ___ the folders on my desk.'

  1. lie
  2. laid
  3. lay
  4. lain
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Correct answer:

  1. laid

Explanation: Laid is the past tense of lay, meaning to place something.

Question 35

Choose the correct phrase: 'The supervisor made the assistants ___ the checklist.'

  1. completed
  2. to complete
  3. complete
  4. completing
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Correct answer:

  1. complete

Explanation: Active make takes an object followed by a bare infinitive.

Question 36

Which sentence uses the simple past correctly?

  1. They going to the library after lunch.
  2. They gone to the library after lunch.
  3. They has went to the library after lunch.
  4. They went to the library after lunch.
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Correct answer:

  1. They went to the library after lunch.

Explanation: Went is the simple past of go.

Question 37

Which sentence correctly connects independent clauses with 'therefore'?

  1. The road was blocked; therefore, we took a detour.
  2. The road was blocked, therefore, we took a detour.
  3. The road was blocked therefore; we took a detour.
  4. The road was blocked; therefore we, took a detour.
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Correct answer:

  1. The road was blocked; therefore, we took a detour.

Explanation: A semicolon separates the clauses, and a comma follows therefore.

Question 38

Choose the correct verb: 'The students who ___ near campus walk to class.'

  1. live
  2. lives
  3. has lived
  4. living
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Correct answer:

  1. live

Explanation: Who refers to plural students, so its verb is live.

Question 39

Choose the correct preposition: 'The specimens are stored ___ the refrigerator.'

  1. across
  2. atop
  3. in
  4. onto
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Correct answer:

  1. in

Explanation: In indicates location inside the refrigerator.

Question 40

Which contraction means 'they are'?

  1. their
  2. there
  3. theirs
  4. they're
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Correct answer:

  1. they're

Explanation: The apostrophe in they're marks the omitted letter in they are.

Question 41

Which word is incorrect? 'The list of required supplies are on the desk.'

  1. desk
  2. required
  3. are
  4. list
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Correct answer:

  1. are

Explanation: The main subject is singular list, so use is despite the nearby plural supplies.

Question 42

Choose the correct phrase: 'Yesterday, the children ___ lunch before the trip.'

  1. eaten
  2. ate
  3. has ate
  4. eating
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Correct answer:

  1. ate

Explanation: Ate expresses the completed past action with the plural subject children.

Question 43

Choose the correct verb: 'Neither the assistants nor the supervisor ___ absent.'

  1. were
  2. are
  3. was
  4. have been
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Correct answer:

  1. was

Explanation: With neither ... nor, agreement follows the nearer subject, singular supervisor.

Question 44

Which word is incorrect? 'She careful checked the dosage written on the label.'

  1. careful
  2. checked
  3. label
  4. written
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Correct answer:

  1. careful

Explanation: Carefully is the adverb needed to modify checked.

Question 45

Which sentence correctly uses who or whom in formal written English?

  1. To who did she hand the message?
  2. With who did the visitor arrive?
  3. Whom answered the telephone?
  4. Whom did the receptionist call?
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Correct answer:

  1. Whom did the receptionist call?

Explanation: Whom is the object of call; subjects require who and prepositional objects require whom.

Question 46

Which sentence correctly reports a question?

  1. He asked whether the bus had arrived.
  2. He asked whether did the bus had arrived.
  3. He asked whether the bus have arrived.
  4. He asked whether had the bus arrived.
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Correct answer:

  1. He asked whether the bus had arrived.

Explanation: Reported questions use statement word order after whether.

Question 47

In which sentence is 'check' used as a verb?

  1. The safety check took five minutes.
  2. I received a check in the mail.
  3. Please check the patient's identification.
  4. The final check was complete.
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Correct answer:

  1. Please check the patient's identification.

Explanation: Check expresses the requested action in the first sentence.

Question 48

Choose the correct possessive pronoun: 'These seats belong to us; they are ___.'

  1. our
  2. ours
  3. us
  4. our's
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Correct answer:

  1. ours

Explanation: Ours stands alone to show possession and has no apostrophe.

Question 49

Choose the pronoun showing that the subject and object refer to the same person: 'Nora reminded ___ to bring the documents.'

  1. she
  2. herself
  3. hers
  4. her
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Correct answer:

  1. herself

Explanation: Herself makes clear that Nora is both the person giving and receiving the reminder.

Question 50

Choose the correct phrase: 'He has ___ enough water today.'

  1. drink
  2. drank
  3. drinking
  4. drunk
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Correct answer:

  1. drunk

Explanation: Has must be followed by the past participle drunk.

Question 51

Choose the correct phrase: '___ were asked to return their badges.'

  1. A visitor
  2. The visitors
  3. The visitor
  4. Each visitor
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Correct answer:

  1. The visitors

Explanation: The plural noun visitors agrees with were.

Question 52

Choose the correct reflexive pronoun: 'The machine shuts ___ off after ten minutes.'

  1. itself
  2. it
  3. its
  4. themselves
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Correct answer:

  1. itself

Explanation: Itself refers back to the singular subject machine.

Question 53

Choose the correct phrase: 'If she had left earlier, she ___ the first train.'

  1. would have caught
  2. would caught
  3. would have catch
  4. will have catch
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Correct answer:

  1. would have caught

Explanation: The result of a past unreal condition uses would have plus a past participle.

Question 54

Which sentence uses its or it's correctly?

  1. The store changed it's opening hours.
  2. The parcel lost it's label.
  3. Its important to keep the receipt.
  4. It's important to keep the receipt.
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Correct answer:

  1. It's important to keep the receipt.

Explanation: It's means it is; possessive its has no apostrophe.

Question 55

Choose the correct conjunction: 'Both the lecturer ___ the assistant attended.'

  1. but
  2. nor
  3. or
  4. and
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Correct answer:

  1. and

Explanation: Both pairs with and to coordinate the two subjects.