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MDCAT English Grammar Questions
Practise english grammar (english) for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test: 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
English Grammar practice
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Q1.Choose the word that fits: The news ___ surprising.
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Answer: D — is
“News” is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb.
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Q2.Choose the correct conditional: If it rains tomorrow, we ___ the match.
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Answer: B — will cancel
First conditional (real future possibility): if + present, will + base verb.
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Q3.Choose the correct option: If I ___ you, I would accept the offer.
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Answer: A — were
The subjunctive “were” is used in hypothetical conditions: “If I were you…”.
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Q4.Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am tired.”
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Answer: D — He said that he was tired.
With a past reporting verb, the present tense shifts back: “am” → “was”.
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Q5.Choose the correct option: Hardly had he left ___ it started raining.
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Answer: B — when
The correlative pair is “hardly … when” (also “no sooner … than”).
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Q6.Choose the correct option: This is the best book I ___.
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Answer: C — have ever read
A superlative + experience up to now uses the present perfect: “have ever read”.
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Q7.Choose the correct option: Scarcely ___ the room when the lights went out.
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Answer: D — had I entered
Negative adverbs at the start (scarcely, hardly) cause inversion: “had I entered”.
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Q8.Choose the correct option: The number of applicants ___ increased.
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Answer: B — has
“The number of” takes a singular verb; “a number of” takes a plural verb.
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Q9.Choose the correct option: Let’s discuss ___ the matter tomorrow.
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Answer: A — no preposition
“Discuss” is transitive: we discuss the matter (no “about”).
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Q10.Choose the correct option: I look forward to ___ from you.
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Answer: D — hearing
In “look forward to”, “to” is a preposition, so it takes a gerund: “hearing”.
How to approach english grammar questions
Find the subject first and make the verb agree with it, ignoring phrases in between. Watch fixed prepositions (good at, insist on, prefer to) and tense sequence in reported speech.
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Medical and Dental College Admission Test — conducted by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PM&DC). Admission test for medical and dental colleges in Pakistan.
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MDCAT practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
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| Biology | Science | Question bank |
| Chemistry | Science | Calculated + question bank |
| Physics | Science | Calculated + question bank |
| English Grammar | English | Question bank |