AKU BScN Admission Test English Language Syllabus

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1. 1

   Grammar and Sentence Completion

   4 topics

   • Tenses and Verb Forms
   • Articles, Prepositions and Conjunctions
   • Pronouns and Determiners
   • Sentence Structure and Word Order
2. 2

   Gap-Fill in Academic Context

   3 topics

   • Choosing the Correct Word Form
   • Contextual Word Choice
   • Linking Ideas Across Sentences
3. 3

   Vocabulary and Synonyms

   3 topics

   • Synonyms and Closest Meaning
   • Academic and Formal Vocabulary
   • Words in Context
4. 4

   Collocations and Word Usage

   3 topics

   • Common Collocations
   • Words Most Often Used Together
   • Phrasal Expressions
5. 5

   Error Identification

   3 topics

   • Right or Wrong in English
   • Grammatical Accuracy
   • Idiomatic Correctness

English Language flashcards for AKU BScN Admission Test

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1. What is the structure of the present perfect tense, and when is it used?

   Structure: subject + has/have + past participle (e.g., 'She has finished'). It is used for actions completed at an unspecified past time with relevance to the present, or actions starting in the past and continuing now.

2. How do you form the present continuous (present progressive) tense?

   Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing (e.g., 'They are studying'). It describes actions happening now or around the present moment.

3. What is the difference between the simple past and the present perfect?

   The simple past refers to a finished action at a definite past time (e.g., 'I saw him yesterday'). The present perfect refers to a past action with present relevance or unspecified time (e.g., 'I have seen him').

4. How is the past perfect tense formed, and what does it express?

   Subject + had + past participle (e.g., 'She had left'). It expresses an action completed before another past action.

5. What is the structure of the future perfect tense?

   Subject + will have + past participle (e.g., 'By June, I will have finished'). It describes an action that will be completed before a specific future time.

6. What are the three main forms of a regular verb, using 'walk' as an example?

   Base form: walk; past simple: walked; past participle: walked. Regular verbs add -ed for both past and participle.

7. Give the base, past simple, and past participle of the irregular verbs 'go', 'see', and 'write'.

   go - went - gone; see - saw - seen; write - wrote - written.

8. When do you use the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an'?

   Use 'a' before a word beginning with a consonant sound (a book, a university) and 'an' before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour). The choice depends on sound, not spelling.

9. When is the definite article 'the' used instead of 'a/an'?

   'The' is used for specific or previously mentioned nouns, unique things (the sun), superlatives (the best), and when both speaker and listener know the referent. 'A/an' introduces something nonspecific or first-mentioned.

10. Which prepositions of time are used with years, months, days, and clock times?

    'In' for years and months (in 2026, in June); 'on' for days and dates (on Monday, on June 5); 'at' for clock times and points (at 5 pm, at noon).

11. What is the difference between the coordinating conjunctions in 'FANBOYS' and subordinating conjunctions?

    Coordinating conjunctions (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) join equal grammatical units. Subordinating conjunctions (because, although, while, if, since) introduce a dependent clause that relies on a main clause.

12. Which preposition follows the adjectives 'interested', 'good', and 'afraid'?

    interested IN, good AT, afraid OF. These are fixed adjective-preposition combinations.

13. What is the difference between subject pronouns and object pronouns?

    Subject pronouns (I, he, she, we, they) do the action and act as the subject. Object pronouns (me, him, her, us, them) receive the action or follow a preposition (e.g., 'He gave it to me').

14. When do you use 'who' versus 'whom'?

    'Who' is a subject pronoun (Who called?); 'whom' is an object pronoun (To whom did you speak?). If you could substitute 'he', use 'who'; if 'him', use 'whom'.

15. What is the difference between the determiners 'this/that' and 'these/those'?

    'This' (singular) and 'these' (plural) point to things near in space or time; 'that' (singular) and 'those' (plural) point to things farther away.

16. How do you choose between 'much', 'many', and 'a lot of'?

    'Much' is used with uncountable nouns (much water), 'many' with countable plural nouns (many books), and 'a lot of' with both. 'Much/many' are most common in questions and negatives.

17. What is the difference between 'few/little' and 'a few/a little'?

    'A few' (countable) and 'a little' (uncountable) mean 'some, a small positive amount'. 'Few' and 'little' have a negative sense, meaning 'almost none'.

18. What is the standard word order of a basic English declarative sentence?

    Subject + Verb + Object (SVO), e.g., 'The student (S) read (V) the book (O).' English relies heavily on this fixed order to show meaning.

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