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 tide was coming in fast. The children, busy building their sandcastle, did not notice the water creeping closer and closer.” What is most likely to happen next?
- AThe rising water will reach the sandcastle.
- BThey will build a castle on the cliffs.
- CThey will win a sandcastle prize.
- DThe tide will go back out.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
“Dear Editor, I have lived on Elm Street for forty years. The council’s plan to cut down the old oak trees for wider pavements would destroy the character of our street. I urge readers to attend Thursday’s meeting.” What is the writer’s main goal?
- ATo tell readers about the long history of oak trees
- BTo get readers to oppose the plan at the meeting
- CTo describe the writer’s forty years at home
- DTo thank the council for wider pavements
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Which number is written correctly in words?
- Afourty two
- Bforty-two
- Cforty two
- Dfourty-two
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the correct pronoun: “Two students, Lena and ___, won the award.”
- Ame
- Bmine
- CI
- Dmyself
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The fever subsided overnight.”
- AStarted suddenly
- BBecame less intense
- CSpread to others
- DBecame more intense
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “After the loss, the patient showed marked apathy.”
- AConstant crying and sadness
- BIntense fear of the future
- CLack of interest or emotion
- DStrong and sudden anger at others
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: A · The rising water will reach the sandcastle.
Why this is the answer
The tide is rising and the children are not paying attention, so the water will most likely reach and wash away the sandcastle.
A · The rising water will reach the sandcastle.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: B · To get readers to oppose the plan at the meeting
Why this is the answer
The writer criticises the plan and urges readers to attend the meeting, showing the goal is to rally opposition.
B · To get readers to oppose the plan at the meeting
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: B · forty-two
Why this is the answer
Compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine are hyphenated. “Forty” drops the u found in “four”.
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: C · I
Why this is the answer
A pronoun in an appositive takes the same case as the word it renames. “Two students” is the subject, so the subject form “I” is used: “Lena and I won the award.”
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · Became less intense
Why this is the answer
To subside is to become less strong or to settle down.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: C · Lack of interest or emotion
Why this is the answer
Apathy is a lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern.
C · Lack of interest or emotion
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