Hesi Grammar Practice Test 40 Questions with Verified Answers
d - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.
He was
... [Show More] _______________________ by her kind words.
a. affect
b. effect
c. effected
d. affected
b - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following senteces is grammatically incorrect?
a. He performed well on the test.
b. He performed good on the test.
c. He performed poorly on the test.
d. He performed adequately on the test.
c - CORRECT ANSWER In the following sentence, which is the dependent clause?
We played a game while we waited, and then we had dinner.
a. We played
b. then we had dinner
c. while we waited
d. a game
a - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
a. She drove much farther than I did.
b. The campus is further up the road.
c. I will have to consider farther before making a decision.
d. The hospital was further away than he thought.
d - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.
He thought it was _________ than 3 miles to the hospital.
a. further
b. fewer
c. bigger
d. less
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best words for the blanks in the following sentence.
The patient wanted to _____ down on the bed, but first she had to ______ her tray of food on the table.
a. lie, lay
b. lay, lie
c. lie, laid
d. lain, lying
c - CORRECT ANSWER Which word from the following sentence is a noun?
The bird flew acoss the blue sky.
a. across
b. flew
c. bird
d. blue
b - CORRECT ANSWER Which word in the following sentence is a conjunction?
The little girl wanted a cookie, but she didn't take one.
a. little
b. but
c. take
d. the
c - CORRECT ANSWER Which word in the following sentence is a direct object?
The nurse helped the patient with the medication.
a. helped
b. nurse
c. patient
d. medication
d - CORRECT ANSWER Which word or phrase in the following sentence is a subject?
The nurses went to the conference room.
a. conference
b. went to
c. room
d. nurses
a - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
a. Walking home from class, the students watched the snow begin to fall.
b. Walking home from class, the snow began falling on the students.
c. Walking home from class, snow fell on the students.
d. Walking home from class, the students watched the snow fell.
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.
The student sang well, but she danced _______.
a. bad
b. badly
c. poor
d. poorer
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.
The college _______ he chose is in New York.
a. which
b. that
c. who
d. what
c - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word or words for the blank in the following sentence.
The nurses, except for Henry, _______ in the conference room.
a. waits
b. is waiting
c. are waiting
d. was waiting
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.
Not only the students but also the professor ________ stunned by the test results.
a. was
b. were
c. are
d. be
b - CORRECT ANSWER Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?
The university lost power during the storm.
a. lost
b. during
c. power
d. the
c - CORRECT ANSWER Which word or phrase in the following sentence is the predicate?
Everyone who attended the concert heard the conductor's announcement.
a. the conductor's announcement
b. everyone
c. heard the conductor's announcement
d. who attended
d - CORRECT ANSWER The following sentence contains which type of phrase?
The patient was fit as a fiddle.
A. sexist language
b. profanity
c. euphemism
d. cliche
c - CORRECT ANSWER Select the best word for the blank in the following sentence.
The pack of wolves _________ running through the forest.
a. are
b. were
c. is
d. be
d - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
a. The room was filled with the perfume of flowers (e.g., plant blossoms).
b. The room was filled with the perfume (e.g., scent) of flowers.
c. The room (e.g., enclosed space) was filled with the perfume of flowers.
d. The room was filled with the perfume of flowers (e.g., roses, lilies, and irises).
b - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
a. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish chemistry, and biology.
b. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish, chemistry, and biology.
c. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish chemistry and biology.
d. This semester I am taking classes in Spanish, chemistry and biology
d - CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following sentences contains a predicate adjective ?(these link subjects to their adjectives to help explain the subject)
a. My classes are for smart students.
b. Smart students are in my classes.
c. My smart students are in these classes.
d. The students in my classes are smart.
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the sentence that is grammatically correct.
a. The nurse spoke to my sister and I about our mother's condition.
b. The nurse spoke to my sister and me about our mother's condition.
c. THe nurse spoke to me and my sister about our mother's condition.
d. The nurse spoke to I and my sister about our mother's condition.
c - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.
She has always been afraid of _________ to the doctor.
a. go
b, to go
c. going
d. have gone
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.
Every morning after a shower, I shave ______.
a. me
b. myself
c. mine
d. my
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.
The patient was _____ cold, so he asked the nurse for another blanket
a. too
b. not
c. to
d. so much
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.
Because I want to go to the movies later, I am going ______ my homework now.
a. to do
b. doing
c. be doing
d. to doing
d - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.
He sat ________ Holly and Mary on the bus.
a. though
b. through
c. among
d. between
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase in the sentence that is not used correctly.
The data confirms that the patient is suffering from extreme anxiety, and a tranquilizing medication is immediately required.
a, extreme anxiety
b. confirms
c. is
d. immediately
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.
The professor had a huge ______ of tests to grade.
a. number
b. amount
c. aggregate
d. stacks
c - CORRECT ANSWER Which word is used incorrectly in the following sentence?
Will you learn me how to do origami?
a. me
b. will
c. learn
d. origami
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.
The members of the group (notice: this group of words are intervening) ______ to be seated together.
a. wanting
b. want
c. wants
d. waiting
d - CORRECT ANSWER Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.
The student completed the test ________.
a. quite
b. quick
c. quitely
d. quickly
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the correct word(s) for the blank in the following sentence.
The student thought the second test was ______ than the first test.
a. harder
b. more hard
c. hardest
d. most hardest
c - CORRECT ANSWER Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.
The student thought the second test was harder ______the first test.
a. then
b. that
c. than
d. between
- CORRECT ANSWER Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.
The student went to his first class and ______ to see the Principal.
a. then
b. and
c. than
d. did
c - CORRECT ANSWER Select the correct word for the blank in the following sentence.
The dog wagged _______ tail when the food dish was filled
a. the
b. one's
c. its
d. it's
d - CORRECT ANSWER What word is best to substitute for the "The boy" in the following sentence?
The boy watched the lights in the house go off.
a. Him
b. His
c. They
d. He
b - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that will make the sentence grammatically correct.
___________ thought the movie was very good.
a. Us
b. We
c. Them
d. Ourselves
a - CORRECT ANSWER Select the word or phrase that makes this sentence grammatically correct.
The hospital is located at the top ________ the hill.
a. of
b. off
c. in
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