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HESI A2 Grammar Set 6

Question 1 of 55

Which revision fixes the dangling modifier? 'After reading the notice, the deadline worried Priya.'

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HESI A2 Grammar Set 6 Practice Questions

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Question 1

Which revision fixes the dangling modifier? 'After reading the notice, the deadline worried Priya.'

  1. After reading the notice, Priya worried about the deadline.
  2. After reading the notice, the deadline became worrying.
  3. After reading the notice, worry about the deadline increased.
  4. After reading the notice, there was a worrying deadline.
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Correct answer:

  1. After reading the notice, Priya worried about the deadline.

Explanation: The introductory phrase needs a subject that can perform the reading, which is Priya.

Question 2

Which sentence clearly means the folder, not the receptionist, has a torn cover?

  1. The receptionist with a torn cover handed me a folder.
  2. With a torn cover, the receptionist handed me a folder.
  3. The receptionist handed me a folder with a torn cover.
  4. The torn-cover receptionist handed me a folder.
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Correct answer:

  1. The receptionist handed me a folder with a torn cover.

Explanation: The phrase with a torn cover belongs next to the noun folder that it describes.

Question 3

Which revision clearly means studying regularly improves performance, rather than that improvement occurs regularly?

  1. Studying regularly improves performance regularly.
  2. Studying improves performance regularly.
  3. Studying improves regular performance.
  4. Regular studying improves performance.
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Correct answer:

  1. Regular studying improves performance.

Explanation: Making regular modify studying clearly identifies the activity's frequency.

Question 4

Choose the parallel completion: 'The course teaches students not only to write clearly but also ___.'

  1. to read critically
  2. they read critically
  3. reading critically
  4. critical reading
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Correct answer:

  1. to read critically

Explanation: The paired phrases use matching to-infinitives: to write and to read.

Question 5

Which sentence uses parallel infinitive phrases?

  1. Her goals are learning, to practice, and to improve.
  2. Her goals are to learn, to practice, and improved.
  3. Her goals are to learn, to practice, and to improve.
  4. Her goals are to learn, practicing, and improvement.
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Correct answer:

  1. Her goals are to learn, to practice, and to improve.

Explanation: Each coordinated goal is expressed as a to-infinitive.

Question 6

Which comparison avoids comparing unlike things?

  1. The clinic's fees are lower than the hospital's doctors.
  2. The clinic's fees are lower than the hospital's fees.
  3. The clinic's fees are lower than the hospital's building.
  4. The clinic's fees are lower than the hospital.
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Correct answer:

  1. The clinic's fees are lower than the hospital's fees.

Explanation: Fees should be compared with fees, not with an institution, people, or a building.

Question 7

Choose the verb: 'Half of the water ___ been used.'

  1. are
  2. were
  3. has
  4. have
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Correct answer:

  1. has

Explanation: A fractional expression agrees with the uncountable noun water here.

Question 8

Choose the verb: 'Half of the students ___ completed the survey.'

  1. was
  2. is
  3. have
  4. has
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Correct answer:

  1. have

Explanation: Here the fractional expression refers to plural students, so use have.

Question 9

Choose the verb: 'Each of the answers ___ an explanation.'

  1. include
  2. including
  3. includes
  4. have included
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Correct answer:

  1. includes

Explanation: Each is singular, regardless of the plural noun in the of phrase.

Question 10

Choose the verb: 'Both of the visitors ___ arrived.'

  1. was
  2. has
  3. is
  4. have
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Correct answer:

  1. have

Explanation: Both is plural and takes have.

Question 11

Choose the verb: 'Mathematics ___ required for this program.'

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

  1. is

Explanation: Mathematics names one field of study and takes a singular verb.

Question 12

Choose the verb: 'Two-thirds of the cake ___ gone.'

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

  1. is

Explanation: The fraction refers to one cake as an amount, so use is.

Question 13

Choose the verb: 'A notebook and a pen ___ required.'

  1. is
  2. has been
  3. are
  4. was
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Correct answer:

  1. are

Explanation: Two separate subjects joined by and take a plural verb.

Question 14

Choose the verb: 'Either the instructors or the student ___ the key.'

  1. are having
  2. were having
  3. have
  4. has
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Correct answer:

  1. has

Explanation: With either ... or, the verb agrees with the nearer subject, singular student.

Question 15

Choose the pronoun: 'The company has updated ___ website.'

  1. them
  2. they're
  3. their
  4. its
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Correct answer:

  1. its

Explanation: The company is treated as a singular entity and takes its.

Question 16

Choose the pronoun: 'The three organizations revised ___ policies.'

  1. their
  2. they're
  3. its
  4. it's
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Correct answer:

  1. their

Explanation: Organizations is plural, and their is the possessive determiner.

Question 17

Choose the plural noun: 'The report contains two detailed ___.'

  1. analyses
  2. analysis's
  3. analysises
  4. analysis
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Correct answer:

  1. analyses

Explanation: Analyses is the plural of analysis.

Question 18

Choose the plural noun: 'The physician considered several possible ___.'

  1. diagnoses
  2. diagnosises
  3. diagnosis
  4. diagnosis's
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Correct answer:

  1. diagnoses

Explanation: Diagnoses is the plural of diagnosis.

Question 19

Choose the possessive form: 'The recipe belongs to my mother-in-law; it is my ___ recipe.'

  1. mother-in-laws
  2. mother-in-law's
  3. mother's-in-law
  4. mothers-in-law
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Correct answer:

  1. mother-in-law's

Explanation: A singular compound noun normally takes the possessive ending at the end of the compound.

Question 20

Which phrase clearly describes two rooms, one belonging to Lena and one to Omar?

  1. Lenas and Omars rooms
  2. Lena's and Omars room
  3. Lena and Omar's room
  4. Lena's and Omar's rooms
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Correct answer:

  1. Lena's and Omar's rooms

Explanation: Separate ownership is shown by giving each owner's name a possessive ending.

Question 21

In a conventional formal business-letter salutation, which punctuation completes 'Dear Admissions Committee___'?

  1. ;
  2. !
  3. ?
  4. :
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Correct answer:

  1. :

Explanation: A colon conventionally follows a formal business-letter salutation.

Question 22

Which sentence correctly separates list items that already contain commas?

  1. We visited Austin, Texas: Boise, Idaho: and Salem, Oregon.
  2. We visited Austin, Texas; Boise, Idaho; and Salem, Oregon.
  3. We visited Austin Texas; Boise Idaho, and, Salem Oregon.
  4. We visited Austin; Texas, Boise; Idaho, and Salem; Oregon.
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Correct answer:

  1. We visited Austin, Texas; Boise, Idaho; and Salem, Oregon.

Explanation: Semicolons separate complex list items so the commas within them do not obscure the grouping.

Question 23

Which sentence correctly punctuates a quoted command in American English?

  1. The instructor said "Open your books".
  2. The instructor said, "Open your books."
  3. The instructor said; "Open your books."
  4. The instructor said, "Open your books".
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Correct answer:

  1. The instructor said, "Open your books."

Explanation: Introduce the quotation with a comma and place its period inside the closing quotation mark.

Question 24

Which sentence correctly punctuates an introductory transition?

  1. Nevertheless the students completed, the exercise.
  2. Nevertheless, the students completed the exercise.
  3. Nevertheless the students, completed the exercise.
  4. Nevertheless; the students completed the exercise.
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Correct answer:

  1. Nevertheless, the students completed the exercise.

Explanation: An introductory transition such as nevertheless is followed by a comma.

Question 25

Which sentence correctly uses parentheses around supplemental information?

  1. The office closes at six (except on Fridays.
  2. The office closes at six (except on Fridays).
  3. The office closes at (six except) on Fridays).
  4. The office closes at six except on Fridays).
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Correct answer:

  1. The office closes at six (except on Fridays).

Explanation: Parenthetical information requires a matching opening and closing parenthesis.

Question 26

Which sentence limits the instruction to the folders that have red labels?

  1. Return the folders that have red labels.
  2. Return the folders that have red labels, to.
  3. Return the folders, which have red labels.
  4. Return the folders, that have red labels.
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Correct answer:

  1. Return the folders that have red labels.

Explanation: The restrictive clause identifies which folders are to be returned and is not set off by commas.

Question 27

Choose the correct word: 'The supplies were shared ___ the volunteers.'

  1. in between of
  2. among
  3. betweens
  4. amongst of
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Correct answer:

  1. among

Explanation: Among is a preposition that correctly introduces the group receiving the supplies.

Question 28

Choose the correct phrase: 'We still have ___ time before the meeting.'

  1. many
  2. several
  3. a little
  4. a few
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Correct answer:

  1. a little

Explanation: Time is uncountable here, so a little is appropriate.

Question 29

Choose the correct word: 'She asked ___ the office was open.'

  1. wether
  2. weather
  3. weathers
  4. whether
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Correct answer:

  1. whether

Explanation: Whether introduces the alternatives in an indirect yes-or-no question.

Question 30

Choose the correct word: 'The ___ forecast predicts rain.'

  1. wether
  2. withers
  3. weather
  4. whether
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Correct answer:

  1. weather

Explanation: Weather refers to atmospheric conditions.

Question 31

Choose the correct word: 'The tailor will ___ the length of the trousers.'

  1. alternation
  2. alternately
  3. altar
  4. alter
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Correct answer:

  1. alter

Explanation: Alter means change; altar names a structure used in religious settings.

Question 32

Choose the correct word: 'The flowers were arranged beside the ___ in the chapel.'

  1. alter
  2. altar
  3. altering
  4. altered
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Correct answer:

  1. altar

Explanation: Altar is the noun naming a religious structure.

Question 33

Choose the correct word: 'Yesterday, the guide ___ us to the correct entrance.'

  1. led
  2. leading
  3. lead
  4. leads
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Correct answer:

  1. led

Explanation: Led is the past tense of the verb lead.

Question 34

Choose the correct word: 'The doctor wrote a ___ for the medication.'

  1. subscription
  2. prescription
  3. inscription
  4. description only
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Correct answer:

  1. prescription

Explanation: Prescription names the authorization or order for medication in this context.

Question 35

Which sentence uses the passive voice?

  1. The instructions will be posted by the coordinator.
  2. The coordinator posts the instructions.
  3. The coordinator will post the instructions.
  4. The coordinator has posted the instructions.
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Correct answer:

  1. The instructions will be posted by the coordinator.

Explanation: The instructions receive the action, and will be posted is a passive verb phrase.

Question 36

Which sentence uses the active voice?

  1. The leaflets had been distributed.
  2. The leaflets were distributed by the volunteers.
  3. The volunteers distributed the leaflets.
  4. The leaflets are distributed weekly.
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Correct answer:

  1. The volunteers distributed the leaflets.

Explanation: The volunteers perform the action and serve as the subject.

Question 37

Which active revision preserves the meaning of 'The equipment was inspected by the technician'?

  1. The equipment inspected the technician.
  2. The technician was inspected by the equipment.
  3. The technician inspected the equipment.
  4. The technician is inspecting the equipment tomorrow.
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Correct answer:

  1. The technician inspected the equipment.

Explanation: The technician becomes the subject while the action remains in the past.

Question 38

Choose the correct phrase: 'The documents must ___ before they are submitted.'

  1. be sign
  2. be signed
  3. being signed
  4. been signed
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Correct answer:

  1. be signed

Explanation: A modal passive uses the modal followed by be and a past participle.

Question 39

Choose the formal subjunctive form: 'It is essential that every visitor ___ the rules.'

  1. follow
  2. following
  3. follows
  4. followed
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Correct answer:

  1. follow

Explanation: The mandative subjunctive uses the base verb follow after this statement of necessity.

Question 40

Choose the formal unreal-conditional form: 'If the office ___ closer, I would walk there.'

  1. be
  2. were
  3. are
  4. being
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Correct answer:

  1. were

Explanation: Were marks a hypothetical present condition in formal English.

Question 41

Which sentence uses the future perfect correctly?

  1. By Friday, I will have completing the course.
  2. By Friday, I will have complete the course.
  3. By Friday, I will have completed the course.
  4. By Friday, I will has completed the course.
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Correct answer:

  1. By Friday, I will have completed the course.

Explanation: The future perfect uses will have plus a past participle for completion before a future point.

Question 42

Choose the correct form: 'She is interested in ___ first aid.'

  1. learns
  2. learning
  3. learned
  4. learn
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Correct answer:

  1. learning

Explanation: A verb after the preposition in takes an -ing form.

Question 43

Choose the correct form: 'They avoided ___ during the presentation.'

  1. talking
  2. to talk
  3. talk
  4. talked
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Correct answer:

  1. talking

Explanation: Avoid is followed by an -ing complement in this construction.

Question 44

Which group of words is a dependent clause introduced by a relative pronoun?

  1. The technician works in the laboratory
  2. The technician arrived
  3. We entered the laboratory
  4. who works in the laboratory
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Correct answer:

  1. who works in the laboratory

Explanation: Who works in the laboratory depends on an antecedent and cannot stand alone as a statement.

Question 45

What is the simple subject of 'The experienced nurse from the clinic explained the form'?

  1. clinic
  2. explained
  3. The experienced nurse from the clinic
  4. nurse
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Correct answer:

  1. nurse

Explanation: The simple subject is the central noun nurse without its modifiers.

Question 46

What is the indirect object in 'The teacher gave the students a worksheet'?

  1. the students
  2. gave
  3. a worksheet
  4. The teacher
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Correct answer:

  1. the students

Explanation: The students receive the worksheet and function as the indirect object.

Question 47

Which sentence is simple, despite containing two verbs?

  1. When the assistant checked the chart, the nurse signed it.
  2. The assistant checked the chart because it was incomplete.
  3. The assistant checked the chart and filed it.
  4. The assistant checked the chart, and the nurse signed it.
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Correct answer:

  1. The assistant checked the chart and filed it.

Explanation: One subject governs a compound predicate; there is only one independent clause.

Question 48

Which sentence uses a standard negative construction?

  1. We could scarcely hear anything.
  2. We could scarcely never hear anything.
  3. We could not scarcely hear anything.
  4. We could scarcely hear nothing.
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Correct answer:

  1. We could scarcely hear anything.

Explanation: Scarcely already has a negative sense, so anything avoids an additional negative.

Question 49

Which sentence expresses ability rather than obligation?

  1. She can operate the scanner.
  2. She has to operate the scanner.
  3. She ought to operate the scanner.
  4. She must operate the scanner.
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Correct answer:

  1. She can operate the scanner.

Explanation: Can can express the ability to perform an action.

Question 50

Which sentence expresses a possibility rather than a definite prediction?

  1. The delivery must arrive today.
  2. The delivery is certain to arrive today.
  3. The delivery might arrive today.
  4. The delivery will arrive today.
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Correct answer:

  1. The delivery might arrive today.

Explanation: Might indicates uncertainty or possibility.

Question 51

Choose the correct form: 'You ought ___ the instructions first.'

  1. reading
  2. read
  3. reads
  4. to read
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Correct answer:

  1. to read

Explanation: Ought is normally followed by to plus the base verb.

Question 52

Choose the demonstrative that agrees with a singular noun: '___ folder on the nearby desk is mine.'

  1. Those
  2. These
  3. They
  4. This
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Correct answer:

  1. This

Explanation: This is singular and can modify the singular noun folder.

Question 53

Which word is the adverb in 'The assistant carefully arranged the supplies'?

  1. assistant
  2. carefully
  3. arranged
  4. supplies
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Correct answer:

  1. carefully

Explanation: Carefully modifies the action arranged and describes how it was done.

Question 54

Which word is a subordinating conjunction in 'We waited until the office opened'?

  1. waited
  2. until
  3. office
  4. opened
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Correct answer:

  1. until

Explanation: Until introduces the dependent clause giving the time limit of waiting.

Question 55

Which revision is concise and preserves the meaning of 'At this point in time, the room is empty'?

  1. The room is empty at this present point in time.
  2. At this current point in time, the room is empty.
  3. Now, the room is empty.
  4. At this point in the present time, the room is empty.
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Correct answer:

  1. Now, the room is empty.

Explanation: Now expresses the same time reference with fewer words.