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MDCAT English MCQs with answers

Practise MDCAT English (PMDC 2025-26) with 176 exam-style MCQs, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.

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MDCAT English MCQs with answers

Practise MDCAT English (PMDC 2025-26) with 176 exam-style MCQs, each with the answer and a short explanation. Every test is marked the moment you finish and shows your score chapter by chapter, so you know what to revise next. It is free and needs no sign-up.

176 questions · 4 chapters

What each chapter covers 4 chapters

The questions follow the syllabus chapter by chapter. You can test the whole subject or one chapter at a time.

  1. English · Grammar and usage 66 questionsTenses and verb forms, Agreement, articles and prepositions, Voice and reported speech
  2. English · Error and correction 44 questionsSpot the error, Sentence correction
  3. English · Vocabulary 44 questionsWords in context, Sentence completion
  4. English · Reading 22 questionsShort passages
Sample MDCAT English MCQs with answers 12 questions

12 questions from the test, one or two from each chapter. Try each one, then open the answer.

1. Physics ____ my favourite subject at college.

  1. A
    are
  2. B
    were
  3. C
    have been
  4. D
    is
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Answer: D. Subjects ending in -ics, such as physics and economics, are singular nouns.

2. Choose the correct replacement for the bold part: "The committee have reached its decision after a long meeting."

  1. A
    have reach
  2. B
    were reaching
  3. C
    have been reached
  4. D
    has reached
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Answer: D. The pronoun "its" treats the committee as one body, so the verb must be singular too: "has reached". A plural verb with "its" is inconsistent.

3. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "He is accused ______ stealing the exam papers."

  1. A
    for
  2. B
    with
  3. C
    about
  4. D
    of
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Answer: D. The verb "accuse" takes "of": accused of stealing. "Charged with" uses "with", which is the usual mix-up.

4. Dr Saleem told the class that the experiment had been repeated in three different laboratories. "Only then," he said, "did we feel ready to publish the results."

What can be inferred about Dr Saleem's view?

  1. A
    He distrusts other laboratories.
  2. B
    He thinks one experiment is always enough.
  3. C
    He values results that can be repeated before publishing them.
  4. D
    He had difficulty finding a laboratory.
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Answer: C. "Only then" shows he waited until the result had been repeated elsewhere, so he values repeatable results. Using other laboratories shows trust in them, not distrust.

5. While I ____ for the exam last night, the power went out.

  1. A
    have been studying
  2. B
    was studying
  3. C
    am studying
  4. D
    will study
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Answer: B. A longer past action interrupted by a short one takes the past continuous. "Last night" rules out the present perfect.

6. Which sentence uses the conditional correctly?

  1. A
    If I had known about the test, I would have revised.
  2. B
    If I would have known about the test, I would have revised.
  3. C
    If I have known about the test, I would have revised.
  4. D
    Had I knew about the test, I would have revised.
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Answer: A. A past unreal condition takes if + past perfect (had known) with would have + past participle. "Would have" never goes in the if-clause, and inverted "Had I" needs the participle "known".

7. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "The results were so ______ that the researchers repeated the experiment to be sure."

  1. A
    surprising
  2. B
    predictable
  3. C
    ordinary
  4. D
    expected
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Answer: A. Researchers repeat an experiment "to be sure" when the results are unexpected. The other three words describe results that would need no checking.

8. In a survey, students who ate breakfast scored higher in morning tests than those who did not. The researchers noted, however, that the breakfast eaters also tended to sleep longer and live closer to school.

What does the passage suggest?

  1. A
    Breakfast alone may not explain the higher scores.
  2. B
    Eating breakfast causes higher test scores.
  3. C
    Students who live far from school never eat breakfast.
  4. D
    Sleep has no effect on test scores.
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Answer: A. "However" introduces other differences (more sleep, shorter journeys) that could also explain the scores, so breakfast cannot be called the cause. "Never" overstates "tended to".

9. The students ____ for two hours when the examiner finally allowed them a break.

  1. A
    have been writing
  2. B
    were written
  3. C
    are writing
  4. D
    had been writing
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Answer: D. Duration up to a past moment ("when the examiner allowed") takes the past perfect continuous. "Have been writing" runs up to now, which clashes with the past verb "allowed".

10. Which part of the sentence contains an error?
(A) The teacher (B) made us (C) to rewrite (D) the whole essay.

  1. A
    The teacher
  2. B
    made us
  3. C
    to rewrite
  4. D
    the whole essay.
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Answer: C. In the active, "make someone do" takes the bare infinitive: "made us rewrite".

11. Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to FRUGAL.

  1. A
    thrifty
  2. B
    fruitful
  3. C
    extravagant
  4. D
    poor
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Answer: C. Frugal means careful not to waste money, so the opposite is extravagant. "Thrifty" is a synonym and "fruitful" only sounds similar.

12. When the town's only bridge closed for repairs, the journey to the district hospital grew from twenty minutes to over an hour. In the following month, the small clinic in the town centre reported twice its usual number of visits, even though no new illness had appeared.

Which inference is best supported?

  1. A
    The clinic doctors were better than those at the hospital.
  2. B
    A new disease had spread in the town.
  3. C
    The bridge repairs caused injuries.
  4. D
    Many residents used the nearby clinic instead of making the longer trip to the hospital.
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Answer: D. The visits doubled just as the hospital trip became much longer, with no new illness, so people most likely switched to the closer clinic. The passage rules out a new disease.

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176 MCQs with answers, covering 4 chapters of the syllabus. Each test draws new questions, so you can practise many times.

How much of MDCAT English does this cover?

English is 9 of the 180 MDCAT MCQs (5%). Our MDCAT English test covers every unit of the syllabus.

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