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English Syllabus 2025
The English section of the MDCAT (Medical and Dental College Admission Test) assesses grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Below is the syllabus breakdown:
- Grammar & Sentence Structure
- Correct use of articles, prepositions, conjunctions, and tenses
- Subject-verb agreement
- Active and passive voice
- Direct and indirect speech
- Sentence completion
- Vocabulary
- Synonyms and antonyms
- Word meanings in context
- Analogies
- Comprehension & Reading Skills
- Understanding short passages
- Identifying main ideas, supporting details, and conclusions
- Inference and contextual meaning
- Punctuation & Spelling
- Correct use of punctuation marks
- Commonly misspelled words
- Error Detection
- Identifying grammatical errors in sentences
ENGLISH SYLLABUS 2025
Objective, Benchmark And Content:
Objective | Benchmark | Content |
Comprehend key vocabulary | Use one or more of the following strategies to determine meaning of key vocabulary:
contextual clues and illustrations background or prior knowledge morphology, syntax, phonics, knowledge of word relationships knowledge of synonyms, antonyms, homophones |
High and low frequency words from the course book or to be selected from similar contexts or the contexts the HSSC and CIE students may be familiar with |
Demonstrate control of tenses and sentence structure | Use correct tenses and sentence structure in writing
Identify mistakes in the use of tenses and sentence structure in written texts |
All present, past tenses Four types of sentences, Conditionals Types of clauses Fragments |
Demonstrate ability to differentiate between correct and incorrect structure of sentences & Use of writing conventions of spelling, capitalization and Punctuation | Identify sentences with correct grammatical and style structures.
Identify sentences with incorrect grammatical and style structures. Identify Use inappropriate capitalization and punctuation such as semi colons, commas in a series, apostrophes in possessives, proper nouns, and abbreviations. |
Use the texts prescribed/ used in HSSC or CIE for differentiating between correctly and incorrectly written sentences. The test items to be selected from the type of texts written by HSSC and CIE students and from the contexts common to both the streams |
Demonstrate correct use of subject-verb agreement & of articles and prepositions | Use correct subject-verb agreement in written texts
Identify mistakes in the use of subject verb- agreement in written texts Use appropriate articles and prepositions in different written contexts Identify mistakes in the use of articles and prepositions in sentences or short texts Select the appropriate article or preposition for a particular context. |
Use the texts prescribed/ used in HSSC or CIE for selecting test items as well as determining the degree of their complexity. The test items to be selected from the context common to the texts at HSSC and CIE level. |
5. Demonstrate ability to identify mistakes in sentences or short written texts. These errors could be of inappropriate word order, vocabulary etc. | Identify errors of word order, style, vocabulary etc. in sentences
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Use the texts and sentences prescribed/used in HSSC or CIE for differentiating between correctly and incorrectly written sentences |
Demonstrate ability to comprehend short written text and select the most appropriate responses | Comprehend simple, brief passages.
Select the most suitable responses to the questions posed (text- explicit). |
Use the texts prescribed/ used in HSSC or CIE as samples for reading comprehension |