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CLAT English Language Flashcards
51 question-and-answer cards covering English Language as it is examined in CLAT. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English Language deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What strategy helps determine a word's meaning from context?
Use surrounding clues (definitions, examples, contrast words, tone) and substitute candidate meanings to see which fits the sentence logically.
What is the difference between a denotation and a connotation of a word?
Denotation is the literal dictionary meaning; connotation is the emotional or cultural association the word carries (e.g., 'thrifty' vs 'stingy').
What is a synonym? Give an example.
A word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another. Example: 'happy' and 'joyful'.
What is an antonym? Give an example.
A word with the opposite meaning of another. Example: 'expand' and 'contract'.
Provide a synonym and an antonym for the word 'benevolent'.
Synonym: kind/generous; Antonym: malevolent/cruel.
Provide a synonym and an antonym for the word 'candid'.
Synonym: frank/honest; Antonym: evasive/deceptive.
What is an idiom? Give an example with its meaning.
An idiom is a fixed expression whose meaning differs from the literal meaning of its words. Example: 'bite the bullet' means to endure something painful or difficult bravely.
What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?
Something that seems bad or unfortunate at first but results in something good.
What is a phrasal verb? Give an example.
A verb combined with a preposition or adverb that creates a meaning different from the original verb. Example: 'put off' means to postpone.
What does the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?
To reveal a secret, usually accidentally.
What is figurative language?
Language that uses figures of speech to convey meaning beyond the literal, creating imagery or emphasis (e.g., metaphor, simile, personification).
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as' (e.g., 'brave as a lion'); a metaphor states one thing is another directly (e.g., 'he is a lion in battle').
What is personification? Give an example.
Giving human qualities to non-human things or abstractions. Example: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'
What is hyperbole? Give an example.
Deliberate exaggeration for emphasis or effect, not meant literally. Example: 'I've told you a million times.'
What is irony in figurative language?
A contrast between expectation and reality, or between what is said and what is meant; types include verbal, situational, and dramatic irony.
What is the rule for subject-verb agreement with 'either...or' / 'neither...nor'?
The verb agrees with the subject nearer to it (the second subject). Example: 'Neither the manager nor the workers were present.'
In sentence correction, what is a misplaced modifier?
A descriptive word or phrase positioned so it appears to modify the wrong word, creating confusion. It must be placed next to the word it describes.
What is a dangling modifier?
A modifier (often an introductory phrase) whose intended subject is missing from the sentence, so it seems to describe the wrong noun. Example: 'Walking home, the rain started' (no one is walking).
What is the rule for using 'fewer' versus 'less'?
Use 'fewer' for countable nouns ('fewer books') and 'less' for uncountable/quantity nouns ('less water').
What is the parallelism rule in sentence construction?
Items in a series or paired structures must use the same grammatical form. Correct: 'She likes reading, writing, and singing,' not 'reading, writing, and to sing.'
In error spotting, what common error involves 'each', 'every', and 'everyone'?
These are singular and require a singular verb and singular pronoun. Example: 'Each of the students has (not have) a book.'
What is a common preposition error with the verb 'comprise'?
'Comprise' is not followed by 'of'. Correct: 'The team comprises ten players' (not 'comprises of'). 'Composed of' is the alternative.
What is the standard method to solve sentence rearrangement (para-jumble) questions?
Find the opening sentence (introduces the topic, no pronoun/connector referring back), link sentences using pronouns, connectors, and chronological or logical flow, and identify the concluding sentence to confirm the sequence.
In sentence rearrangement, what role do connectors and pronoun references play?
They signal links between sentences: pronouns (it, this, they) refer back to earlier nouns, and connectors (however, therefore, moreover) show the logical relationship, helping fix the correct order.
What this deck covers
The English Language deck follows the CLAT English Language syllabus — 4 chapters and 14 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.8 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 128 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
English Language flashcards FAQ
How many English Language flashcards are in this CLAT deck?
51 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these CLAT flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 51-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English Language cards cover?
They follow the CLAT English Language syllabus — 4 chapters and 14 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.