AFMC / NEET-linked AFMC Admission Comprehension and English Language (AFMC Screening Component) Flashcards

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1. What are 'correlative conjunctions'? Give two examples.

   Conjunctions that work in pairs to join balanced elements; examples: 'either...or', 'neither...nor', 'not only...but also', 'both...and'.

2. When changing direct to indirect speech, how does present simple tense change?

   Present simple in direct speech changes to past simple in indirect speech (e.g., 'I eat' becomes 'he ate'/'he said he ate').

3. In direct-to-indirect speech, how do the time words 'now', 'today', and 'tomorrow' change?

   'Now' becomes 'then', 'today' becomes 'that day', and 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day' / 'the following day'.

4. How is a question in direct speech reported in indirect speech?

   The reporting verb changes to 'asked/enquired', the question word order changes to statement order, the question mark is dropped, and 'if/whether' is used for yes-no questions.

5. What is the basic rule for converting an active sentence into the passive voice?

   The object of the active sentence becomes the subject, the verb changes to 'be + past participle' form, and the original subject becomes the agent introduced by 'by' (often optional).

6. Convert to passive: 'The teacher praised the student.'

   'The student was praised by the teacher.'

7. Which tenses generally cannot be changed into the passive voice?

   Perfect continuous tenses (present/past/future perfect continuous) and future continuous tense are normally not used in the passive voice.

8. What is the difference between a synonym and an antonym?

   A synonym is a word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another word; an antonym is a word with the opposite meaning.

9. Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'benevolent'.

   Synonym: kind/generous; Antonym: cruel/malevolent.

10. Give a synonym and an antonym for the word 'transient'.

    Synonym: temporary/fleeting; Antonym: permanent/lasting.

11. What does the idiom 'to bite the bullet' mean?

    To force oneself to endure or face a difficult or unpleasant situation with courage.

12. What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?

    Something that seems bad or unlucky at first but results in something good later.

13. What is 'one-word substitution'? Give the word for 'a person who cannot read or write'.

    One-word substitution replaces a phrase or group of words with a single precise word; the word for one who cannot read or write is 'illiterate'.

14. Give the one-word substitution for 'a doctor who treats children'.

    Paediatrician (pediatrician).

15. Give the one-word substitution for 'a medicine or treatment that cures all diseases'.

    Panacea.

16. What does the phrase 'to turn a blind eye' mean?

    To deliberately ignore or pretend not to notice something wrong.

17. What is a 'cloze test'?

    A passage with blanks where words have been removed; the test-taker must fill each blank with the most appropriate word using grammatical and contextual clues.

18. In sentence completion, what is the key strategy when a blank follows a contrast word like 'but', 'however', or 'although'?

    The missing word should express a meaning opposite to or contrasting with the rest of the sentence, signalled by the contrast connector.

19. In a cloze passage, what grammatical factors must a filled-in word match?

    It must match the required part of speech, tense, number, and the logical/contextual meaning of the surrounding sentences.

20. What is a 'para-jumble' question?

    A question in which sentences of a paragraph are given in scrambled order and must be rearranged into a logical, coherent sequence.

21. What are 'coherence' and 'cohesion' in a paragraph?

    Coherence is the logical flow and clear connection of ideas so the text makes sense as a whole; cohesion is the grammatical/lexical linking of sentences using devices like pronouns, conjunctions, and transition words.

22. In solving para-jumbles, what is the typical role of the 'opening sentence'?

    The opening sentence usually introduces the topic in general terms, contains no back-references (like 'this', 'it', 'they', 'such'), and does not begin with a connector.

23. Name three categories of transition (linking) words used to signal coherence between ideas.

    Addition (moreover, furthermore), contrast (however, on the other hand), and cause-effect/sequence (therefore, consequently, firstly/finally).

24. In para-jumbles, what clue do pronouns and demonstratives like 'it', 'this', 'these' provide?

    They refer back to a noun mentioned in a previous sentence, so the sentence containing them must come after the sentence introducing that noun, helping establish order.

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