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PMA Long Course English Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering English as it is examined in PMA Long 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 is the one-word substitution for 'a place where weapons are stored'?
An armoury (arsenal).
What is the one-word substitution for 'a government run by religious leaders'?
A theocracy.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who cannot read or write'?
An illiterate.
What is the one-word substitution for 'a speech made without preparation'?
Extempore (impromptu).
What is the one-word substitution for 'animals that eat flesh'?
Carnivores.
What does the idiom 'to bell the cat' mean?
To take on a dangerous or difficult task; to face the risk oneself.
What does the idiom 'a blessing in disguise' mean?
Something that seems bad at first but turns out to be good.
What does the idiom 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?
To reveal a secret, often accidentally.
What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?
Very rarely; almost never.
What does the idiom 'to add fuel to the fire' mean?
To make a bad situation worse.
What is the difference between 'stationary' and 'stationery'?
'Stationary' (with an a) means not moving; 'stationery' (with an e) means writing materials like paper and pens.
Spell the word meaning 'happening at the same time' (commonly misspelled).
Simultaneous.
What is the correct spelling: 'accomodation' or 'accommodation'?
Accommodation (two c's and two m's).
What is the correct spelling: 'embarass' or 'embarrass'?
Embarrass (two r's and two s's).
What is the correct spelling: 'seperate' or 'separate'?
Separate (note the 'par' in the middle, not 'per').
What is the general rule for converting Active Voice to Passive Voice?
Move the object to the subject position, change the verb to be + past participle (V3), and add 'by' before the original subject. Example: He wrote a letter -> A letter was written by him.
How is the verb formed in the passive voice of the Simple Present tense?
is/am/are + past participle (V3). Example: Mangoes are sold here.
How is the verb formed in the passive voice of the Past Continuous tense?
was/were being + past participle (V3). Example: The car was being washed.
How are imperative sentences (commands) changed into passive voice?
Use 'Let + object + be + V3' or 'You are requested/ordered to...'. Example: Close the door -> Let the door be closed.
Which tenses cannot normally be changed into the passive voice?
Future Continuous, Present Perfect Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous, and all Perfect Continuous tenses, plus intransitive verbs (which take no object).
Identify the error: 'He is senior than me.' What is the correction?
Correction: 'He is senior TO me.' Latin comparatives (senior, junior, prior, superior) take 'to', not 'than'.
Identify the error: 'One of my friend is a doctor.' What is the correction?
Correction: 'One of my FRIENDS is a doctor.' 'One of' is always followed by a plural noun.
Improve the sentence: 'He gave me an advice.' What is the rule?
Correct: 'He gave me a piece of advice / some advice.' 'Advice' is an uncountable noun and takes no article 'a/an' or plural 's'.
What is the common grammatical rule for 'each other' versus 'one another'?
Use 'each other' for two persons/things; use 'one another' for more than two. Example: The two brothers love each other; The students help one another.
What this deck covers
The English deck follows the PMA Long Course English syllabus — 6 chapters and 18 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 8.3 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 68 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 Long Course 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 PMA Long Course 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 cards cover?
They follow the PMA Long Course English syllabus — 6 chapters and 18 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.