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PMA Graduate Course English Flashcards
53 question-and-answer cards covering English as it is examined in PMA Graduate Course. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the English deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?
Something that seems bad or unlucky at first but results in something good later.
What does the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?
To reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake.
What is the meaning of 'to burn the midnight oil'?
To work or study late into the night.
What does the phrase 'once in a blue moon' mean?
Very rarely; almost never.
What is the meaning of 'to add fuel to the fire'?
To make a bad or tense situation worse.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who knows many languages'?
Polyglot (a person who speaks or knows many languages).
What is the one-word substitution for 'a government by the people'?
Democracy.
What is the one-word substitution for 'one who eats both plants and meat'?
Omnivore.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a speech made without preparation'?
Extempore (or impromptu).
What is the one-word substitution for 'a place where birds are kept'?
Aviary.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who hates mankind'?
Misanthrope.
What is the difference between the confusing word pair 'accept' and 'except'?
'Accept' is a verb meaning to receive or agree to; 'except' is a preposition/conjunction meaning excluding or apart from.
Distinguish 'stationary' from 'stationery'.
'Stationary' (with 'a') is an adjective meaning not moving; 'stationery' (with 'e') is a noun meaning writing materials such as paper and pens.
Distinguish 'principal' from 'principle'.
'Principal' means chief/head (e.g., school principal) or main; 'principle' is a noun meaning a fundamental rule or belief.
Distinguish 'compliment' from 'complement'.
'Compliment' means praise; 'complement' means something that completes or goes well with another.
What is the general rule for converting Active Voice to Passive Voice?
The object of the active sentence becomes the subject, the verb changes to 'be + past participle (V3)', and the original subject becomes the agent introduced by 'by'.
Convert to passive voice: 'She writes a letter.'
'A letter is written by her.'
How is a Present Continuous active sentence formed in the passive voice? Give the auxiliary pattern.
Using 'is/am/are being + past participle'. Example: 'He is repairing the car' becomes 'The car is being repaired by him.'
What is the passive form of the imperative 'Open the door'?
'Let the door be opened.'
In Narration (Direct to Indirect speech), how do present tenses change when the reporting verb is in the past?
They shift one step back: Simple Present becomes Simple Past, Present Continuous becomes Past Continuous, and Present Perfect becomes Past Perfect.
In Indirect speech, how do the words 'now', 'today', 'tomorrow', and 'here' change?
Now becomes then; today becomes that day; tomorrow becomes the next day; here becomes there.
How is a direct question converted to reported speech, and which reporting verb replaces 'said'?
The reporting verb 'said' changes to 'asked/enquired', the question word order becomes statement order (no inversion), the question mark is dropped, and yes/no questions use 'if/whether'. Example: He said, "Are you ready?" becomes He asked if I was ready.
In Passage Analysis, what is the difference between the main idea and a supporting detail?
The main idea is the central point the whole passage conveys; a supporting detail is a fact, example, or reason that explains or backs up the main idea.
In a reading passage, how do you infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
Use context clues: the surrounding words, definitions, examples, synonyms/antonyms, or the overall tone and sense of the sentence to deduce its meaning.
What this deck covers
The English deck follows the PMA Graduate Course English syllabus — 6 chapters and 13 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 8.8 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 82 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 flashcards FAQ
How many English flashcards are in this PMA Graduate Course deck?
53 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these PMA Graduate Course flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 53-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the English cards cover?
They follow the PMA Graduate Course English syllabus — 6 chapters and 13 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.