Military Nursing Service (MNS) Entrance English Syllabus

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1. 1

   Grammar and Usage

   4 topics

   • Parts of Speech
     • Nouns, pronouns and articles
     • Verbs, adverbs and adjectives
     • Prepositions and conjunctions
   • Tenses and Verb Forms
     • Present, past and future tenses
     • Subject-verb agreement
   • Sentence Structure
     • Active and passive voice
     • Direct and indirect speech
     • Transformation of sentences
   • Common Errors and Corrections
     • Spotting grammatical errors
     • Sentence improvement
2. 2

   Vocabulary

   3 topics

   • Word Knowledge
     • Synonyms and antonyms
     • One-word substitutions
   • Idioms and Phrases
     • Common idiomatic expressions
     • Phrasal verbs
   • Word Formation and Usage
     • Spelling and homophones
     • Confusing word pairs
3. 3

   Comprehension and Composition

   3 topics

   • Reading Comprehension
     • Unseen passage analysis
     • Inference and central idea
   • Cloze Test and Fill in the Blanks
     • Contextual word selection
   • Sentence Rearrangement
     • Para jumbles and sequencing

English flashcards for Military Nursing Service (MNS) Entrance

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

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

2. What is a noun, and what are its main types?

   A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Main types: proper, common, collective, abstract, concrete, countable, and uncountable.

3. What is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?

   A transitive verb takes a direct object (e.g., 'She wrote a letter'). An intransitive verb does not take an object (e.g., 'He slept').

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

   An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often indicating manner, time, place, frequency, or degree (e.g., quickly, often, very).

5. What is the difference between a conjunction and a preposition?

   A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses (and, but, because). A preposition shows the relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word, usually in terms of position or time (in, on, at, between).

6. What are the three types of conjunctions?

   Coordinating (and, but, or), subordinating (because, although, if), and correlative (either...or, neither...nor, not only...but also).

7. What are the three degrees of comparison for adjectives, with an example?

   Positive (tall), comparative (taller), and superlative (tallest).

8. What is the formula for the Simple Present tense, and when is it used?

   Subject + base verb (+s/es for third person singular). Used for habits, general truths, and routines (e.g., 'She walks to school').

9. What is the formula and use of the Present Continuous tense?

   Subject + am/is/are + verb-ing. Used for actions happening now or around the present time (e.g., 'They are playing').

10. What is the formula and use of the Present Perfect tense?

    Subject + has/have + past participle. Used for past actions with present relevance or unspecified time (e.g., 'I have finished my work').

11. What is the formula and use of the Past Perfect tense?

    Subject + had + past participle. Used for an action completed before another past action (e.g., 'She had left before I arrived').

12. What is the formula for the Future Perfect tense?

    Subject + will have + past participle. Used for an action that will be completed before a specific future time (e.g., 'By 2030, I will have graduated').

13. What are the three principal forms (V1, V2, V3) of the verb 'go'?

    Go (base), went (past), gone (past participle).

14. What are the three forms (V1, V2, V3) of the verb 'begin'?

    Begin, began, begun.

15. What is the difference between the gerund and the present participle?

    Both end in -ing. A gerund functions as a noun ('Swimming is fun'); a present participle functions as part of a verb or as an adjective ('She is swimming'; 'the running water').

16. What are the basic components of a complete sentence?

    A subject and a predicate; it must express a complete thought (e.g., 'Birds [subject] fly [predicate]').

17. What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?

    A clause contains a subject and a verb; a phrase is a group of words without a subject-verb pair functioning as a single unit.

18. What is the difference between an independent and a dependent (subordinate) clause?

    An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone; a dependent clause cannot stand alone and relies on an independent clause.

19. What are the four sentence structures based on clauses?

    Simple (one independent clause), compound (two+ independent clauses), complex (one independent + one+ dependent clause), and compound-complex (two+ independent + one+ dependent).

20. What are the four sentence types by function?

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

21. What is the rule of subject-verb agreement?

    A verb must agree with its subject in number and person: a singular subject takes a singular verb, and a plural subject takes a plural verb.

22. Correct the error: 'Each of the students have a book.'

    'Each of the students has a book.' ('Each' is singular and takes a singular verb.)

23. Correct the error: 'He is more taller than me.'

    'He is taller than I (am).' Avoid double comparatives; 'more' is not used with '-er' forms.

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