MDCAT

MDCAT English

≈ 9 of 180 MDCAT questions

Nine questions, no literature. If your grammar is in order, these are the fastest marks on the paper.

English is a small section, around 9 questions, but they are quick to answer and just as quick to lose. A prepared candidate clears them in a few minutes and banks the marks.

It tests usage: grammar, sentence correction, vocabulary, comprehension. None of the poetry or essays from your FSc English books; nothing here needs memorising.

The traps are old friends. Prepositions. Subject-verb agreement with a phrase stuck in the middle. Confusable pairs like affect/effect and its/it's. Ten minutes of drills a day handles this section, and a weekend of cramming does not, because usage is a habit rather than information.

What’s covered in MDCAT English

  • •Grammar & tenses
  • •Sentence correction
  • •Vocabulary — synonyms & antonyms
  • •Prepositions & articles
  • •Reading comprehension
  • •Spelling & usage

Sample English MCQs

Have a go. Pick an answer and the explanation appears, exactly as it does inside the app.

Choose the grammatically correct sentence:

How to prepare for MDCAT English

  • ✓Revise the core grammar rules until they are boring.
  • ✓A few new words a day, tested with MCQs, beats memorising long vocabulary lists in one sitting.
  • ✓Go with the standard rule, not the option that merely sounds right. The paper is written to punish "sounds right".

MDCAT English: your questions

How many English questions are on the MDCAT?
About 9 of the 180.
What does MDCAT English test?
Grammar, sentence correction, vocabulary and comprehension. Standard usage rules, no literature.
Is MDCAT English difficult?
Not really, compared to the sciences. The marks people drop here come from rushing and from confusable word pairs, and short daily practice fixes both.
How do I build vocabulary for the MDCAT quickly?
Little and often. Learn a handful of synonym and antonym pairs a day, then re-test yourself with MCQs. The same words keep reappearing across papers, so practising real questions builds exactly the vocabulary the exam draws from.

Next steps: once you know where English fits, see the MDCAT score you actually need with the aggregate & merit calculator, check the full syllabus, or fit it into a 6-week plan.

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