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HESI A2 Grammar Set 8

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Choose the correct completion: 'She hopes ___ the course this term.'

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HESI A2 Grammar Set 8 Practice Questions

Review these HESI A2 Grammar Set 8 nursing practice questions with answer choices and explanations.

Question 1

Choose the correct completion: 'She hopes ___ the course this term.'

  1. finishing
  2. finished
  3. to finish
  4. finish
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Correct answer:

  1. to finish

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

Question 2

Choose the correct completion: 'The visitors finished ___ the registration forms.'

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

  1. completing

Explanation: Finish takes an -ing complement to name the activity completed.

Question 3

Choose the correct completion: 'The counselor encouraged me ___ again.'

  1. to apply
  2. applied
  3. applying
  4. apply
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Correct answer:

  1. to apply

Explanation: Encourage takes an object followed by a to-infinitive.

Question 4

Choose the correct completion: 'The team is accustomed to ___ early.'

  1. starts
  2. starting
  3. start
  4. started
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Correct answer:

  1. starting

Explanation: To is a preposition after accustomed, so an -ing form follows it.

Question 5

Choose the correct completion: 'The student denied ___ the answer sheet.'

  1. copied
  2. to copy
  3. copy
  4. copying
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Correct answer:

  1. copying

Explanation: Deny takes an -ing complement in this construction.

Question 6

Choose the correct completion: 'The staff managed ___ the problem before noon.'

  1. resolving
  2. to resolve
  3. resolved
  4. resolve
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Correct answer:

  1. to resolve

Explanation: Manage takes a to-infinitive when it means succeed in doing something.

Question 7

Which sentence means the speaker recalls an action that already happened?

  1. I need to remember to submit the application.
  2. I remember to submit the application next week.
  3. I must remember to submit the application.
  4. I remember submitting the application.
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Correct answer:

  1. I remember submitting the application.

Explanation: Remember followed by an -ing form refers to a memory of a past action.

Question 8

Choose the correct phrase: 'We had better ___ the instructions first.'

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

  1. read

Explanation: Had better is followed by the base verb without to.

Question 9

Choose the correct phrase: 'The patient would rather ___ a little longer.'

  1. to wait
  2. waiting
  3. wait
  4. waited
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Correct answer:

  1. wait

Explanation: Would rather takes a base verb when expressing the same subject's preference.

Question 10

Choose the correct phrase: 'As a child, she ___ near the railway station.'

  1. use to lives
  2. used to living
  3. used to live
  4. uses to lived
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Correct answer:

  1. used to live

Explanation: Used to plus a base verb describes a former habit or state.

Question 11

Choose the correct verb: 'Some of the equipment ___ damaged.'

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

  1. is

Explanation: Equipment is uncountable and takes singular agreement.

Question 12

Choose the correct verb: 'Some of the chairs ___ damaged.'

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

  1. are

Explanation: Some of refers to plural chairs, so the verb is plural.

Question 13

Choose the correct verb: 'More than one applicant ___ requested an extension.'

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

  1. has

Explanation: More than one followed by a singular noun conventionally takes a singular verb.

Question 14

Choose the correct verb: 'The director as well as the assistants ___ attending.'

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

  1. is

Explanation: As well as introduces added information; the singular subject remains director.

Question 15

Choose the correct verb: 'Each pen, notebook, and folder ___ been labeled.'

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

  1. has

Explanation: Each distributes the items individually and takes singular agreement.

Question 16

Choose the correct verb: 'A pair of gloves ___ included in the kit.'

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

  1. is

Explanation: The subject is singular pair, so use is.

Question 17

Choose the correct verb: 'My glasses ___ on the desk.'

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

  1. are

Explanation: Glasses, referring to spectacles, is normally plural.

Question 18

Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'The student ___ notes I borrowed has arrived.'

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

  1. whose

Explanation: Whose introduces possession: the notes belong to the student.

Question 19

Choose the correct relative pronoun: 'This is the laboratory in ___ we trained.'

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

  1. which

Explanation: Which refers to the place and serves as the object of in.

Question 20

Choose the correct relative word: 'Friday is the day ___ the results will be released.'

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

  1. when

Explanation: When introduces a relative clause referring to a time.

Question 21

Which sentence expresses permission rather than an obligation?

  1. You must use a dictionary during this exercise.
  2. You may use a dictionary during this exercise.
  3. You need to use a dictionary during this exercise.
  4. You are required to use a dictionary during this exercise.
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Correct answer:

  1. You may use a dictionary during this exercise.

Explanation: May grants permission; the other sentences state a requirement.

Question 22

Choose the correct phrase: 'The equipment ___ moved without authorization.'

  1. must not been
  2. must not is
  3. must not being
  4. must not be
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Correct answer:

  1. must not be

Explanation: A prohibition in the passive uses must not be followed by a past participle.

Question 23

Choose the correct phrase: 'You ___ finish today if the deadline is next week.'

  1. does not have to
  2. must not to
  3. do not has to
  4. do not have to
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Correct answer:

  1. do not have to

Explanation: Do not have to expresses absence of necessity, rather than a prohibition.

Question 24

Choose the correct phrase: 'She ___ the room before the inspection tomorrow.'

  1. will have cleaned
  2. will has cleaned
  3. will have cleaning
  4. will have clean
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Correct answer:

  1. will have cleaned

Explanation: Will have plus a past participle forms the future perfect.

Question 25

Choose the correct phrase: 'He ___ for an hour before the bus finally arrived.'

  1. had been waited
  2. had been waiting
  3. have been wait
  4. had being waiting
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Correct answer:

  1. had been waiting

Explanation: The past perfect progressive uses had been plus an -ing verb for an ongoing earlier activity.

Question 26

Choose the correct comparative: 'This explanation is ___ than the previous one.'

  1. more useful
  2. more usefuller
  3. usefullest
  4. most useful
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Correct answer:

  1. more useful

Explanation: The comparative of useful is more useful.

Question 27

Choose the correct superlative: 'Of the four reports, hers was the ___.'

  1. more accuratest
  2. most accurate
  3. more accurate
  4. most more accurate
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Correct answer:

  1. most accurate

Explanation: Most accurate is the superlative used to compare one report with the full group.

Question 28

Which comparison matches one quantity with another of the same kind?

  1. The cost of this course exceeds the instructor of that course.
  2. The cost of this course exceeds that course.
  3. The cost of this course exceeds the students in that course.
  4. The cost of this course exceeds the cost of that course.
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Correct answer:

  1. The cost of this course exceeds the cost of that course.

Explanation: A cost should be compared with another cost rather than a course or a person.

Question 29

Choose the correct word: 'The text was ___ small that I needed a magnifier.'

  1. so
  2. many
  3. such
  4. several
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Correct answer:

  1. so

Explanation: So modifies the adjective small in a result construction.

Question 30

Choose the correct word: 'We had ___ good weather that we held the lesson outside.'

  1. a few
  2. such
  3. too many
  4. so
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Correct answer:

  1. such

Explanation: Such modifies the adjective-noun phrase good weather.

Question 31

Choose the correct phrase: 'There were not ___ chairs for everyone.'

  1. little
  2. any one
  3. too much
  4. enough
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Correct answer:

  1. enough

Explanation: Enough quantifies the plural noun chairs and indicates sufficient number.

Question 32

Choose the correct completion: 'She spoke too quietly ___.'

  1. to be heard
  2. hear
  3. hearing
  4. heard
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Correct answer:

  1. to be heard

Explanation: The passive infinitive to be heard states the consequence of speaking too quietly.

Question 33

Which sentence correctly punctuates an introductory phrase?

  1. During the morning session we, practiced spelling.
  2. During the morning session, we practiced spelling.
  3. During the morning, session we practiced spelling.
  4. During, the morning session we practiced spelling.
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Correct answer:

  1. During the morning session, we practiced spelling.

Explanation: The comma belongs after the whole introductory phrase.

Question 34

Which sentence correctly punctuates a direct address?

  1. Thank you, Dr. Harris, for your explanation.
  2. Thank, you Dr. Harris for your explanation.
  3. Thank you Dr. Harris, for your explanation.
  4. Thank you, Dr. Harris for your explanation.
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Correct answer:

  1. Thank you, Dr. Harris, for your explanation.

Explanation: The person's title and name are set off with commas when used in direct address.

Question 35

Which sentence correctly punctuates a question tag?

  1. The printer isn't working, is it?
  2. The printer, isn't working is it?
  3. The printer isn't working is it.
  4. The printer isn't working; is it.
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Correct answer:

  1. The printer isn't working, is it?

Explanation: A comma introduces the tag, and the full question ends with a question mark.

Question 36

Choose the correct question tag: 'They did not attend, ___?'

  1. did they
  2. were they
  3. didn't they
  4. do they
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Correct answer:

  1. did they

Explanation: A negative statement takes a positive tag using the same auxiliary did.

Question 37

Choose the correct question tag: 'He can drive, ___?'

  1. can they
  2. isn't he
  3. can't he
  4. doesn't he
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Correct answer:

  1. can't he

Explanation: The tag repeats can, changes it to negative, and uses the matching pronoun he.

Question 38

Which sentence correctly punctuates an appositive?

  1. The clinic manager, Ms. Chen, welcomed us.
  2. The clinic, manager Ms. Chen welcomed us.
  3. The clinic manager Ms. Chen, welcomed us.
  4. The clinic manager, Ms. Chen welcomed us.
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Correct answer:

  1. The clinic manager, Ms. Chen, welcomed us.

Explanation: Here Ms. Chen is presented as added identifying information and is enclosed by commas.

Question 39

Which sentence correctly uses a colon after a complete introductory clause?

  1. The kit's items include: gloves, tape, and gauze.
  2. The kit contains: gloves, tape, and gauze.
  3. The kit contains three items: gloves, tape, and gauze.
  4. The kit contains three: items gloves, tape, and gauze.
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Correct answer:

  1. The kit contains three items: gloves, tape, and gauze.

Explanation: The colon follows a complete clause and introduces the list that explains three items.

Question 40

Which sentence correctly punctuates a quotation in American English?

  1. "The office is upstairs" he explained.
  2. "The office is upstairs." he explained.
  3. "The office is upstairs", he explained.
  4. "The office is upstairs," he explained.
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Correct answer:

  1. "The office is upstairs," he explained.

Explanation: The comma belongs inside the quotation before the reporting clause.

Question 41

Choose the correct word: 'The author will ___ the study in her report.'

  1. site
  2. sited
  3. cite
  4. sight
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Correct answer:

  1. cite

Explanation: Cite means refer to a source as evidence or attribution.

Question 42

Choose the correct word: 'The new hospital will be built on this ___.'

  1. cited
  2. cite
  3. site
  4. sight
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Correct answer:

  1. site

Explanation: Site means a location; cite is a verb and sight concerns seeing.

Question 43

Choose the correct word: 'The students ___ the examination last week.'

  1. past
  2. passed
  3. passing
  4. pass
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Correct answer:

  1. passed

Explanation: Passed is the past-tense verb needed for the completed action.

Question 44

Choose the correct word: 'We walked ___ the closed pharmacy.'

  1. passed
  2. passes
  3. past
  4. passing
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Correct answer:

  1. past

Explanation: Past functions as a preposition showing movement beyond a place.

Question 45

Choose the correct word: 'Take a deep ___ before speaking.'

  1. breathing
  2. breath
  3. breathed
  4. breathe
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Correct answer:

  1. breath

Explanation: Breath is the noun naming an inhalation or exhalation.

Question 46

Choose the correct word: 'Try to ___ slowly and evenly.'

  1. breaths
  2. breathes
  3. breath
  4. breathe
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Correct answer:

  1. breathe

Explanation: Breathe is the base verb that follows to.

Question 47

Choose the correct word meaning 'entirely': 'The new approach is ___ different.'

  1. altogether
  2. altogethers
  3. all together
  4. all togethers
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Correct answer:

  1. altogether

Explanation: Altogether means entirely; all together means in one group or at the same time.

Question 48

Choose the phrase meaning 'in one group': 'The volunteers arrived ___.'

  1. altogethers
  2. altogether
  3. all together
  4. all togethers
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Correct answer:

  1. all together

Explanation: All together describes people arriving as a group.

Question 49

Which word is the direct object in 'The student submitted an essay'?

  1. student
  2. The
  3. submitted
  4. essay
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Correct answer:

  1. essay

Explanation: Essay names the thing submitted and is the head of the direct object.

Question 50

Which word is the subject complement in 'Ms. Diaz is a teacher'?

  1. a
  2. is
  3. Diaz
  4. teacher
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Correct answer:

  1. teacher

Explanation: Teacher identifies the subject after the linking verb is.

Question 51

Which sentence uses an imperative verb?

  1. Bring your identification tomorrow.
  2. You brought your identification yesterday.
  3. They will bring identification tomorrow.
  4. Your identification is on the desk.
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Correct answer:

  1. Bring your identification tomorrow.

Explanation: An imperative gives a command or request, with an understood subject you.

Question 52

Which sentence uses the same grammatical form for all list items?

  1. The course covers reading, writing, and speaking.
  2. The course covers reading, writing, and to speak.
  3. The course covers reading, to write, and speaking.
  4. The course covers to read, writing, and speaking.
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Correct answer:

  1. The course covers reading, writing, and speaking.

Explanation: The three activities use parallel -ing forms.

Question 53

Which revision fixes a dangling modifier? 'Having completed the test, the answer sheet was handed in.'

  1. Having completed the test, the answer sheet was ready.
  2. Having completed the test, the clock showed noon.
  3. Having completed the test, there was an answer sheet.
  4. Having completed the test, the student handed in the answer sheet.
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Correct answer:

  1. Having completed the test, the student handed in the answer sheet.

Explanation: The student who completed the test must be the subject following the introductory modifier.

Question 54

Which revision clearly states that only the blue folder was missing?

  1. Only the assistant noticed the missing blue folder.
  2. The blue folder was the only missing folder.
  3. The assistant only noticed the missing blue folder.
  4. The assistant noticed only that the folder was blue.
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Correct answer:

  1. The blue folder was the only missing folder.

Explanation: The correct choice limits the missing items to one folder rather than limiting who noticed or what was noticed.

Question 55

Which sentence is concise without changing the meaning of 'The reason she left was because she was tired'?

  1. She left for the reason that because she was tired.
  2. She left because she was tired.
  3. The reason why she left was because she was tired.
  4. The reason she left was due to because she was tired.
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Correct answer:

  1. She left because she was tired.

Explanation: The concise version expresses the cause directly without duplicating reason and because.