Verbal Skills Practice-HSPT Exam Questions
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Which noun in the sentence below is the subject?
The intensive care unit staff required all visitors to don plastic gloves and paper gown before
going in to see any of the patients
A. staff
B. visitors
C. gloves
D. patients - answer✔A
Read the following sentence. Which word is the subject?
Grab the charts and follow me because Dr. Tull and I are already behind schedule
A. charts
B. you
C. Dr. Tull
D. I - answer✔B
Read the sentence below. Which pronoun can be used to replace "the patient"?
Although the patient was nearly incoherent from the pain of hid wounds, the patient was still
able to answer all of the following doctors questions
D. he - answer✔D
Read the sentence below. There is an error with the verb. Which answer corrects that error?
While you are in with the physician, I is going to fill out all of the necessary papers
A. I are going to fill out
B. I am going to fill out
C. I is filling out
D. I am filled out - answer✔B
Which word in the following sentence is an adverb?
In the operating room the music played loudly, but the sedated patient was unaware of it
A. operating
B. played
C. loudly
D. sedated - answer✔C
Which word in the following sentence is an adjective?
The huge bottle of lotion was tantalizingly out of reach on the table at the end of the bed
A. huge
B. tantalizingly
C. table
D. bed - answer✔A
What type of word is needed to repair the error in the sentence below?
The blood pressure cuff, specifically designed to fit the upper arms of heavier patients
D. an adverb - answer✔B
What type of word is needed to repair the error int he sentence below?
Unable to control his temper, shoving the crash cart to the floor and knocking over both
intravenous (IV) poles.
A. a subject
B. a verb
C. an adjective
D. an adverb - answer✔A
All of the following corrections to the run on sentence below are correct EXCEPT
The photographer took pictures of the entire staff he managed to get everyone in one shot.
A. The photographer took a picture of the entire staff, he managed to get everyone in one shot.
B. The photographer took pictures of the entire staff; he managed to get everyone in one shot.
C. The photographer took pictures of the entire staff, and he managed to get everyone in one
shot.
D. The photographer took pictures of the entire staff. He managed to get everyone in one shot.
- answer✔A
Which of the following coordinating conjunctions fits best in the sentence below?
Dr. Halbert will be out of town for the first two weeks of the months, _________ you will have
to schedule her emergency patients with Dr. Carmen instead.
A. nor
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