subject controls the verb
✍️HESI A2 STUDY GUIDE
HESI A2 Vocabulary and Grammar
Review word meaning, context clues, roots and affixes, sentence agreement, pronouns, modifiers, punctuation, and usage.
8 key ideas8 flashcards5 practice questions
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Find the subject, verb, pronoun, and clause boundary.
pronoun points to one noun
join clauses with a valid mark
Key ideas to know
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Context can narrow a word's meaning through definition, contrast, example, or cause.
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A prefix comes before a base, a suffix follows it, and a root carries the central word meaning.
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Medical terms often combine roots with prefixes, suffixes, and linking vowels.
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Subject-verb agreement follows the grammatical subject rather than the closest nearby noun.
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A pronoun must agree with a clear antecedent.
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A modifier should sit close to the word or phrase it describes.
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A comma alone cannot join two independent clauses.
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Parallel items use matching grammatical forms.
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→The noun nearest the verb always controls agreement
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The grammatical subject controls agreement.
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→A comma can join any two complete sentences
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Independent clauses need a period, semicolon, or comma plus a coordinating conjunction.
Flashcards
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1What is a prefix?Show answer ＋
A word part placed before a base or root.
2What is a suffix?Show answer ＋
A word part placed after a base or root.
3What is an antecedent?Show answer ＋
The noun or phrase a pronoun refers to.
4What controls subject-verb agreement?Show answer ＋
The grammatical subject.
5What is a comma splice?Show answer ＋
Two independent clauses joined only by a comma.
6What is a misplaced modifier?Show answer ＋
A describing phrase placed where it seems to modify the wrong word.
7What is parallel structure?Show answer ＋
Matching grammatical forms in related items.
8Why test a word inside the sentence?Show answer ＋
The surrounding words can narrow meaning and usage.
Explain it in your own words
Use the answer as a check after you have written or spoken your response.
01Choose the verb: “The list of supplies is/are on the desk.”
Use “is.” The subject list is singular.
02Repair the comma splice: “The sample arrived, the technician labeled it.”
Use a period, semicolon, or comma plus a coordinating conjunction.
03Why is “After reviewing the chart, the medication was prepared” faulty?
The opening phrase appears to say the medication reviewed the chart. Name the person who reviewed it.
04What does the prefix brady- mean in bradycardia?
Slow.
05How should a new medical term be studied?
Split it into word parts, state each part, rebuild the meaning, and use it in a sentence.
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