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MDCAT English Past Paper MCQs

English carries 5% of the MDCAT - 9 of 180 questions. Every item below comes from a real past paper.

15 questions2 chapters5% of the paper

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Counted across every past paper in the archive. The top of this list is where marks are most reliably available. Anything PMDC dropped in the 2025 revision is marked, and sorted to the bottom - worth seeing for context, not worth revising.

  • Formal & Lexical Aspects of Language14 questions
  • Writing Skills1 question

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1Englishprepositions and preference

We prefer fruits_____ sweets

  1. A.To
  2. B.On
  3. C.Over
  4. D.From

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2Englishspelling

Choose the correct spelling

  1. A.Exantuated
  2. B.Axantuated
  3. C.Accenchuated
  4. D.Accentuated

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3Englishspelling

Choose the correct spelling

  1. A.Cotioned
  2. B.Cautioned
  3. C.Causchuned
  4. D.Coschuned

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4Englishverb forms

The Headmaster____ to speed to you

  1. A.Wants
  2. B.Is wanting
  3. C.Was wanting
  4. D.Want

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5Englishsubject verb agreement

Choose the correct option: Knowledge and wisdom____ no time for connection

  1. A.Has
  2. B.Have
  3. C.Had
  4. D.Are

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6Englishformal letters

Identify the erros and choose the correct option: I hope this letters finds in the best of your spirits

  1. A.I hope this letter will find you in good of high spirits
  2. B.I hope this letter finds you in best of your spirit
  3. C.I hope letter finds you in the best of spirits
  4. D.I hope the letter found you in greatest of spirite

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7Englisharticles

Fill in the blank with appropriate article as required. ___ Umbrella is of no avail against a thunderstorm

  1. A.The
  2. B.A
  3. C.An
  4. D.No article required

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8Englishsubjunctive and wishes

Choose the correct sentence

  1. A.I wish I have been a millionare
  2. B.I wish I am beaing a millionaire
  3. C.I wish I were a millionaire
  4. D.I wish I was millionaire

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9Englishcomparisons

Pick the correct option

  1. A.No start is brighter than the moon
  2. B.No star is more bright than the moon
  3. C.No start is brighter then the moon
  4. D.No star is brighter than moon

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10Englishconditional sentences

Choose the correctly structured sentence.

  1. A.Had he lived in England he would miss his family
  2. B.Had he lived in England, he would have missed his family
  3. C.Had he lives in England he had missed his family
  4. D.Had he live in England he will missed his family

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11Englishtense identification

She always carried un umbrella. The sentence indicates___tense.

  1. A.Present tense
  2. B.Past simple
  3. C.Past perfect
  4. D.Present perfect

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12Englishperfect tenses

Ahmed____ me for a long time

  1. A.Know
  2. B.Have known
  3. C.Knows
  4. D.Knew

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13Englishsubject verb agreement

Choose the correct option:

  1. A.He and I was playing
  2. B.He and I were playing
  3. C.He and I were being playing
  4. D.He and I was being playing

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14Englishsubject verb agreement

Choose the correct option:

  1. A.Every one of the prisons are full
  2. B.Every one of the prisons had full
  3. C.Every one of the prisons have full
  4. D.Every one of the prisons is full

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15Englishsubject verb agreement and passive

Not only the parents but also their son ___ for interview

  1. A.Has called
  2. B.Have called
  3. C.Have been called
  4. D.Has been called

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