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
The patient education leaflet says: “Check your blood sugar before meals and at bedtime. Write each reading in your logbook and bring the logbook to every appointment.” Why does the leaflet ask patients to bring the logbook to appointments?
- ASo the care team can review the readings
- BSo the clinic can keep the logbook forever
- CSo the patient remembers to eat meals
- DSo the patient can show their handwriting
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
A study compares two groups of patients after knee surgery. Group A did physiotherapy three times a week; Group B did it once a week. After two months, Group A could walk farther. The groups were similar in age and health at the start. Why does it matter that the groups were similar at the start?
- AIt shows that once a week is the best amount.
- BIt makes physiotherapy the more likely cause.
- CIt means that Group B did not have surgery.
- DIt proves that age has no effect on recovery.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which phrase uses a hyphen correctly in a compound adjective with a number?
- Aa three-days course
- Ba three day-course
- Ca three days-course
- Da three-day course
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which word best completes the formal email? “I am writing to ___ about the clinical placement schedule.”
- Aask around
- Bfind out stuff
- Cinquire
- Dcheck out
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The fracture was in the distal part of the arm, near the wrist.”
- AOn the back of the limb
- BFarther from the point of attachment to the trunk
- CCloser to the point where the limb is attached to the trunk
- DIn the middle of the bone
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The tumour had metastasised to the liver.”
- ATurned into a cyst
- BSpread from its original site
- CBeen removed by surgery
- DShrunk after treatment
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · So the care team can review the readings
Why this is the answer
Bringing the logbook lets the care team look at the pattern of readings and adjust the care. This is an inference from the instructions.
A · So the care team can review the readings
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · It makes physiotherapy the more likely cause.
Why this is the answer
If the groups started out alike, differences in age or health are unlikely to explain the result, so the extra physiotherapy is a more likely cause.
B · It makes physiotherapy the more likely cause.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: D · a three-day course
Why this is the answer
A number + unit placed before a noun is hyphenated, and the unit stays singular: a three-day course, a ten-year-old child.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · inquire
Why this is the answer
“Inquire” is formal and precise. Phrasal verbs and vague words such as “stuff” sound casual.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Farther from the point of attachment to the trunk
Why this is the answer
Distal means farther from the trunk or point of origin; the wrist is distal to the elbow.
B · Farther from the point of attachment to the trunk
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Spread from its original site
Why this is the answer
To metastasise (US: metastasize) is for cancer to spread from where it started to another part of the body.
B · Spread from its original site
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