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FPSC CSS Screening Test (MPT) English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) as it is examined in FPSC CSS Screening Test (MPT). 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What does the foreign phrase 'faux pas' mean?
A social blunder or embarrassing mistake (French).
What does the foreign phrase 'modus operandi' mean?
A particular way or method of doing something (Latin).
What does the foreign phrase 'vice versa' mean?
The other way around; conversely (Latin).
In a word-relationship/analogy, what does the format 'A : B :: C : D' mean?
It means 'A is to B as C is to D' — the relationship between A and B equals that between C and D.
Name three common types of analogies used in verbal reasoning.
Synonym, antonym, and part-to-whole analogies (others include cause-and-effect, worker-to-tool, and category-to-member).
What is a 'part-to-whole' analogy? Give an example.
A relationship where one item is a component of the other. Example: 'page : book' (a page is part of a book).
What is a 'cause-and-effect' analogy? Give an example.
One term produces the other. Example: 'fire : smoke' (fire causes smoke).
What is a 'worker-to-tool' analogy? Give an example.
A relationship between a person and the instrument they use. Example: 'carpenter : hammer'.
What is a noun? Name its main types.
A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea. Types: common, proper, collective, abstract, concrete, and countable/uncountable.
What is a pronoun? Name three kinds.
A word that replaces a noun. Kinds include personal (he, she), possessive (his, hers), relative (who, which), reflexive (himself), and demonstrative (this, that).
What is the difference between an abstract noun and a concrete noun?
An abstract noun names something intangible (love, freedom); a concrete noun names something perceivable by the senses (table, dog).
What is a collective noun? Give an example.
A noun naming a group as a single unit. Example: 'team', 'flock', 'jury'.
What is a verb? Name its two broad functional types.
A word expressing an action or state of being. Two broad types: action verbs and linking (state-of-being) verbs.
What is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?
A transitive verb takes a direct object (She reads a book); an intransitive verb does not (He sleeps).
What is an adverb, and what does it modify?
An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often telling how, when, where, or to what extent (e.g., 'quickly', 'very').
What is an auxiliary (helping) verb? Give examples.
A verb used with a main verb to form tenses, moods, or voices. Examples: be, have, do, will, shall, can, must.
What is an adjective? What does it modify?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun (e.g., 'tall', 'blue', 'three').
What are the three degrees of comparison for adjectives? Give an example.
Positive, comparative, and superlative. Example: tall, taller, tallest.
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective modifies nouns/pronouns; an adverb modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (e.g., 'quick' vs 'quickly').
What is a preposition? Give examples.
A word that shows the relationship of a noun/pronoun to another word, often indicating place, time, or direction. Examples: in, on, at, by, under, between.
What is the difference between 'between' and 'among'?
'Between' is used for two items (or distinct individual items); 'among' is used for three or more grouped items.
What is a conjunction? Name its main types.
A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses. Types: coordinating (and, but, or), subordinating (because, although, if), and correlative (either…or, neither…nor).
What are the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
What is an interjection? Give an example.
A word or phrase expressing sudden emotion, usually standing alone with an exclamation mark. Example: 'Wow!', 'Oh!', 'Alas!'.
What this deck covers
The English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) deck follows the FPSC CSS Screening Test (MPT) English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) syllabus — 7 chapters and 25 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 7.1 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 102 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 (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) flashcards FAQ
How many English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) flashcards are in this FPSC CSS Screening Test (MPT) deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these FPSC CSS Screening Test (MPT) flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) cards cover?
They follow the FPSC CSS Screening Test (MPT) English (Vocabulary, Grammar & Comprehension) syllabus — 7 chapters and 25 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.