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
A website article is titled “Five Easy Ways to Save Water at Home”. Which text structure will the article most likely use?
- AA debate between two experts
- BA comparison of two cities
- CA story told in time order
- DA list of tips
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)Hard
The author writes: “Teenagers today spend too much time on their phones. My nephew is always texting at dinner.” What is the main weakness of this argument?
- AIt gives too much data about teenage phone use.
- BIt argues that phones are useful for teenagers.
- CIt uses a single example to judge all teenagers.
- DIt does not say what kind of phone the nephew has.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the correct word: “Take a deep ___ and hold it.”
- Abreath
- Bbreathe
- Cbreathes
- Dbreathing
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)Hard
Which sentence has correct parallel structure in a comparison?
- AReading the chart is easier than guessing the dose.
- BTo read the chart is easier than guessing the dose.
- CReading the chart is easier than the guess of the dose.
- DReading the chart is easier than to guess the dose.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Medium
Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “She felt vertigo every time she stood up quickly.”
- ARinging in the ears
- BA spinning sensation
- CBlurred vision
- DTightness in the chest
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)Hard
What does the term bradykinesia mean?
- ASlowness of movement
- BA slow heart rate
- CSlow and shallow breathing
- DComplete loss of movement
3Solutions
1.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: D · A list of tips
Why this is the answer
A title that promises “five ways” suggests a list of tips. It is unlikely to be a story or a debate.
2.Reading comprehension (entrance exams)
Answer: C · It uses a single example to judge all teenagers.
Why this is the answer
One nephew’s behaviour is not enough evidence to judge “teenagers today” as a whole. This is a hasty generalisation.
C · It uses a single example to judge all teenagers.
3.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · breath
Why this is the answer
“Breath” (short e sound) is the noun. “Breathe” (long e sound) is the verb, as in “Breathe slowly.”
4.English grammar & language usage (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Reading the chart is easier than guessing the dose.
Why this is the answer
In A both sides of the comparison are gerund phrases (reading, guessing). The other choices mix gerunds, infinitives and nouns.
A · Reading the chart is easier than guessing the dose.
5.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: B · A spinning sensation
Why this is the answer
Vertigo is a sensation that you or your surroundings are spinning.
6.Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams)
Answer: A · Slowness of movement
Why this is the answer
Bradykinesia is slowness of movement, a key feature of Parkinson disease.
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