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
“I watched as Mrs. Grey slowly climbed the steps, stopping on each one to catch her breath. ‘She’s getting older,’ I thought sadly.” From which point of view is the story told?
- AFirst person, by a narrator who observes
- BSecond person, addressing the reader
- CFirst person, by Mrs. Grey herself
- DThird person, through Mrs. Grey’s thoughts
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
Medicine schedule: “Tablet A: every 12 hours. Tablet B: every 8 hours.” Both are first given at 8 a.m. At what time will both tablets next be due together?
- AMidnight the same day
- B4 p.m. the same day
- C8 a.m. the next day
- D8 p.m. the same day
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct verb: “She ___ in this city since 2015.”
- Ahas lived
- Blives
- Cis living since
- Dlived
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence places the modifier correctly to mean that the class had about 40 students?
- AThe instructor nearly taught 40 students.
- BThe instructor taught 40 students nearly.
- CNearly the instructor taught 40 students.
- DThe instructor taught nearly 40 students.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The footballer had a large contusion on his thigh.”
- AA deep cut
- BA broken bone
- CA blister
- DA bruise
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term nephrolithiasis mean?
- ASoftening of kidney tissue
- BThe presence of kidney stones
- CInflammation of the kidney tissue
- DSurgical removal of a kidney
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · First person, by a narrator who observes
Why this is the answer
The narrator uses “I” and shares their own thoughts while watching Mrs. Grey, so it is first person told by an observer. We never get Mrs. Grey’s own thoughts.
A · First person, by a narrator who observes
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · 8 a.m. the next day
Why this is the answer
Tablet A is due at 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.; Tablet B at 4 p.m., midnight and 8 a.m. The first shared time is 8 a.m. the next day, 24 hours later.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · has lived
Why this is the answer
“Since 2015” with an action that continues to the present needs the present perfect: has lived.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · The instructor taught nearly 40 students.
Why this is the answer
“Nearly 40 students” means about 40. “Nearly taught” means the teaching almost happened but did not.
D · The instructor taught nearly 40 students.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: D · A bruise
Why this is the answer
A contusion is a bruise caused by a blow that damages small blood vessels under the skin.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · The presence of kidney stones
Why this is the answer
Nephrolithiasis is the condition of having stones in the kidney.
B · The presence of kidney stones
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