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DU LLB Entrance English Language and Comprehension Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English Language and Comprehension as it is examined in DU LLB Entrance. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
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What does the phrase 'amicus curiae' mean?
'Friend of the court' — a person who is not a party to a case but assists the court by offering information or expertise.
List the eight parts of speech in English.
Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?
A clause contains a subject and a finite verb; a phrase is a group of words that lacks a subject-verb combination and functions as a single unit.
What is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?
A transitive verb takes a direct object (She 'wrote' a letter); an intransitive verb does not take an object (He 'slept').
Name the three main types of sentences by structure.
Simple (one independent clause), compound (two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinator), and complex (one independent + at least one dependent clause).
How do you change active voice to passive voice? State the rule.
The object of the active sentence becomes the subject, the verb changes to the appropriate form of 'be' + past participle, and the original subject becomes the agent introduced by 'by'.
Convert to passive voice: 'They are building a house.'
'A house is being built (by them).'
In narration, how does 'this' / 'these' / 'now' change when converting direct speech to indirect (reported) speech?
'This' becomes 'that', 'these' becomes 'those', and 'now' becomes 'then'.
Convert to indirect speech: He said, 'I am tired.'
He said that he was tired.
State the rule for reporting an imperative (command/request) in indirect speech.
Use a reporting verb like ordered/asked/told/requested + object + the infinitive 'to' + verb (e.g., He told me to wait).
What are the three present tenses and one example of each (with 'go')?
Simple present (I go), present continuous (I am going), present perfect (I have gone) — present perfect continuous (I have been going) is a fourth aspect.
Give the structure of the future perfect tense and an example.
Subject + will have + past participle. Example: 'By next year, she will have finished her degree.'
When is the present perfect tense used rather than the simple past?
The present perfect is used for an action completed at an unspecified time or with a result relevant now; the simple past is used for an action completed at a definite past time.
State the basic rule for using the articles 'a' and 'an'.
Use 'a' before a word beginning with a consonant sound and 'an' before a word beginning with a vowel sound (judged by sound, not spelling: 'an hour', 'a university').
When is the definite article 'the' used?
Before a specific or already-mentioned noun, unique things (the sun), superlatives, rivers/seas/mountain ranges, and names of nations like 'the USA'.
Choose the correct preposition: 'He is good ___ mathematics.' State the rule.
'at' — 'good at' (skill/ability). Common fixed prepositions: good at, married to, afraid of, interested in.
What is the difference between coordinating and subordinating conjunctions? Give one example of each.
Coordinating conjunctions join elements of equal rank (and, but, or - mnemonic FANBOYS); subordinating conjunctions link a dependent clause to a main clause (because, although, since, if).
Identify the error: 'Each of the students have submitted their assignment.' Give the correction.
'Each of the students HAS submitted his/her assignment.' 'Each' is singular and takes a singular verb.
Identify the error: 'He is one of the best player in the team.' Give the correction.
'He is one of the best PLAYERS in the team.' After 'one of the' + superlative, the noun must be plural.
Correct the sentence: 'I am living here since 2010.'
'I have been living here since 2010.' Use the present perfect continuous with 'since' for an action continuing from a past point to now.
What is the typical logical order to follow when solving a sentence-rearrangement (para-jumbles) question?
Identify the opening sentence (introduces the topic, has no back-reference), find mandatory pairs (linked by pronouns/connectors), follow the chain of references and transition words, and place the concluding sentence last.
In fill-in-the-blanks, what are 'transition/contrast' signal words that indicate the blank needs a contrasting idea?
However, but, yet, although, nevertheless, on the contrary, whereas, despite, in spite of.
In sentence completion, what does a connector like 'therefore', 'thus', or 'consequently' signal about the relationship between clauses?
It signals a cause-and-effect / result relationship — the second clause is the consequence or conclusion of the first.
What is the difference between the connectors 'because' and 'so' in linking clauses?
'Because' introduces the cause/reason (effect because cause); 'so' introduces the result/effect (cause so result).
What this deck covers
The English Language and Comprehension deck follows the DU LLB Entrance English Language and Comprehension 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 12.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 125 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 and Comprehension flashcards FAQ
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50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
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They follow the DU LLB Entrance English Language and Comprehension syllabus — 4 chapters and 14 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
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