Allied Health Sciences Entry Test English Syllabus

English syllabus — full chapter and topic list

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1. 1

   Grammar and Usage

   5 topics

   • Parts of Speech
   • Tenses
   • Subject-Verb Agreement
   • Articles and Determiners
   • Prepositions
2. 2

   Sentence Structure and Correction

   4 topics

   • Sentence Types
   • Common Grammatical Errors
   • Punctuation
   • Sentence Completion
3. 3

   Vocabulary

   5 topics

   • Synonyms
   • Antonyms
   • Analogies
   • Word Meanings in Context
   • Spellings
4. 4

   Comprehension and Reading

   3 topics

   • Reading Comprehension Passages
   • Inference and Main Idea
   • Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

English flashcards for Allied Health Sciences Entry Test

23 of 50 cards from the English deck — real questions with worked answers.

1. What are the eight parts of speech in English?

   Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

2. What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

   A common noun names a general person, place, or thing (city, doctor) and is not capitalized; a proper noun names a specific one (Lahore, Dr. Khan) and is always capitalized.

3. What is the function of an adverb, and what does it typically modify?

   An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, usually showing how, when, where, or to what degree (e.g., quickly, very, yesterday).

4. What is the difference between a coordinating and a subordinating conjunction?

   A coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) joins equal grammatical units; a subordinating conjunction (because, although, if, when) joins a dependent clause to an independent clause.

5. List the three main types of pronouns with one example of each.

   Personal (he, she, they), possessive (mine, yours, theirs), and relative (who, which, that). Others include reflexive (myself) and demonstrative (this, those).

6. What are the three simple tenses and what does each express?

   Present (habitual or general action: she writes), past (completed action: she wrote), and future (action to come: she will write).

7. What is the structure and use of the present perfect tense?

   Structure: have/has + past participle (she has written). It links a past action to the present, showing experience or a result that continues now.

8. How is the present continuous tense formed, and what does it express?

   am/is/are + present participle (-ing), e.g., she is writing. It expresses an action happening now or around the present time.

9. What is the difference between the past simple and the past perfect tense?

   Past simple (wrote) describes a completed past action; past perfect (had written) describes an action completed before another past action.

10. How is the future perfect tense formed and what does it express?

    will have + past participle (she will have written). It expresses an action that will be completed before a specific future time.

11. State the basic rule of subject-verb agreement.

    A singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb (The student writes; The students write).

12. In subject-verb agreement, what verb form do two singular subjects joined by 'and' require?

    A plural verb (Ali and Sara are present). Exception: if the two nouns refer to one idea/person, use a singular verb (Bread and butter is my breakfast).

13. With 'either...or' or 'neither...nor', which subject determines the verb's number?

    The verb agrees with the subject nearer to it (Neither the teacher nor the students are ready; Neither the students nor the teacher is ready).

14. Do indefinite pronouns like 'each', 'everyone', and 'nobody' take singular or plural verbs?

    They take singular verbs (Each of the boys is present; Everyone was happy).

15. What are the indefinite articles and the definite article in English?

    The indefinite articles are 'a' and 'an'; the definite article is 'the'.

16. When is 'a' used versus 'an'?

    Use 'a' before a consonant sound (a book, a university) and 'an' before a vowel sound (an apple, an hour). It depends on sound, not spelling.

17. What is the difference between a determiner and an adjective?

    A determiner (the, a, this, my, some, two) introduces a noun and limits or specifies it; an adjective describes a quality of the noun (red, tall). Determiners come before adjectives.

18. What is a preposition, and what does it show?

    A preposition links a noun or pronoun to other words, showing relationships of place (in, on, under), time (at, by, during), or direction (to, into, towards).

19. Which prepositions are used with points in time, days, and months/years respectively?

    'at' for points/clock times (at 5 p.m.), 'on' for days and dates (on Monday), and 'in' for months, years, and longer periods (in June, in 2026).

20. What is a prepositional phrase? Give an example.

    A prepositional phrase is a preposition plus its object (a noun or pronoun) and any modifiers, e.g., 'on the table', 'in the morning'.

21. What are the four sentence types classified by function?

    Declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command/request), and exclamatory (strong feeling).

22. What are the four sentence types classified by structure?

    Simple (one independent clause), compound (two or more independent clauses), complex (one independent + one or more dependent clauses), and compound-complex (multiple independent + at least one dependent clause).

23. What is a clause, and how do independent and dependent clauses differ?

    A clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone; a dependent (subordinate) clause cannot stand alone.

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