HESI Grammar Practice Test 2

Question 1

Joy learned a new song to play on the guitar, and it sounds ____________.

Accepted Answer

Lovely

Answer

More beautiful

Answer

Loveliest

Answer

Beautifully

Question 2

Despite the extra preparation, my brother's soccer team performed ____________ in the competition than they had the week before.

Accepted Answer

Worse

Answer

Bad

Answer

Badly

Answer

Worst

Question 3

The instructor asked a question to the student, but she couldn't hear him since he responded so _____________.

Accepted Answer

Quietly

Answer

Quiet

Answer

Loud

Answer

Loudly

Question 4

The _____________ is playing the piano she received on her 8th birthday.

Accepted Answer

Girl

Answer

Children

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Woman

Answer

Boy

Question 5

Which of these sentences contains a dependent clause?

Accepted Answer

Although she is hungry, she is not going to eat.

Answer

She said she is feeling hungry, but she is not going to eat.

Answer

She told me she was hungry but wouldn’t eat more.

Answer

She is hungry but she’s not going to eat.

Question 6

What would be considered the dependent clause in this sentence?  “The students could finally see the bus, which was running 15 minutes behind schedule.”

Accepted Answer

which was running 15 minutes behind schedule

Answer

could finally see the bus

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running 15 minutes behind schedule

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The students could finally see the bus

Question 7

Which punctuation mark would correctly fill in the blank space?  After standing in the rain for nearly half an hour _____ Dawn decided she was not going to wait on Mike any longer.

Accepted Answer

a comma

Answer

a semicolon

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a colon

Answer

no punctuation necessary

Question 8

What is the simple predicate in this sentence?  Heather never speaks to her anymore.

Accepted Answer

speaks

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never

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her

Answer

Heather

Question 9

Which one is the correct verb form to use in this sentence?  My shower ___ a leak Friday night.

Accepted Answer

sprang

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spring

Answer

spranged

Answer

sprung

Question 10

What is the correct form of the missing words?  The red car in the parking lot belonged to Sarah Jones. James knew that ____ car was new and fast.

Accepted Answer

Sarah Jones’s or Sarah Jones’

Answer

Sarah Joneses

Answer

Sarah Jone’s

Answer

Sarah Jones