1Formulas and methods
Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Method
- Read the question first so you know what you are looking for.
- Skim the passage for its topic and main point; the first or last sentence often states it.
- Go back to the exact lines that answer the question.
- For inferences, choose the option the clues most strongly support, not one that goes further.
- For labels and tables, apply every rule that fits the case and do the small calculation carefully.
English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Method
- Find the subject and the verb of the sentence before choosing a form.
- Strip away phrases (of the …, along with …) and extra people (you and …) to test agreement and pronoun case.
- Check each clause: can it stand alone? Join independent clauses with a comma + conjunction or a semicolon.
- Check modifiers and lists: the describing phrase next to its word, items in the same form.
- For word choice and register, pick the precise, formal and concise option.
Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Method
- Read the whole sentence and look for a context clue: a definition, a contrast, an example or a cause and effect.
- Split an unfamiliar word into prefix, root and suffix and translate each part.
- Read a medical term from the suffix back to the start (hepat-itis: inflammation of the liver).
- Put each option into the sentence and check that the meaning still fits.
- Choose the meaning used in this sentence, even if the word has another everyday meaning.
2Practice problems
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Medium
“Smoking harms almost every organ in the body. It raises the risk of lung cancer, heart disease and stroke. Quitting at any age brings health benefits.” What is the author’s main message?
- ASmoking affects the lungs but no other organs.
- BOnly older people are harmed by smoking.
- CSmoking is harmful, and quitting helps at any age.
- DQuitting smoking is helpful only for young people.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“The nurse noticed that Mr. Diaz, usually chatty, had barely spoken all morning and had left most of his breakfast. She sat down beside him and asked how he was feeling.” Why did the nurse most likely sit down with Mr. Diaz?
- AShe noticed a change in his usual behaviour.
- BShe needed him to sign a form.
- CShe wanted him to finish his breakfast.
- DShe was waiting for the doctor.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct form: “She is one of the ___ nurses on the unit.”
- Abest
- Bgoodest
- Cbestest
- Dmost good
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct verb: “It is high time we ___ the old equipment.”
- Areplacing
- Breplace
- Cwill replace
- Dreplaced
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The nurse noted jaundice in the whites of the patient’s eyes.”
- ASwelling
- BDark circles
- CA yellow colour
- DA red colour
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term thrombocytopenia mean?
- AA blood clot in a deep vein
- BA high number of platelets
- CA low number of platelets
- DA low number of red blood cells
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Smoking is harmful, and quitting helps at any age.
Why this is the answer
The passage describes the harms of smoking and states that quitting at any age brings benefits.
C · Smoking is harmful, and quitting helps at any age.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · She noticed a change in his usual behaviour.
Why this is the answer
A normally chatty patient who is quiet and not eating has changed in behaviour. The nurse sits down to find out why, which can reveal pain, worry or illness.
A · She noticed a change in his usual behaviour.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · best
Why this is the answer
“Good” has the irregular forms good, better, best. “Goodest” and “bestest” are not standard words.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · replaced
Why this is the answer
“It is time” or “It is high time” + subject is followed by a past form to show that something should already be happening: “It is high time we replaced it.”
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · A yellow colour
Why this is the answer
Jaundice is yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by a build-up of bilirubin.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · A low number of platelets
Why this is the answer
Thrombocytopenia is a deficiency of platelets (thrombocytes), which raises the risk of bleeding.
C · A low number of platelets
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