Tips to Score 20+ marks in English Section in IBPS/SBI PO Prelims

Every year, lakhs of students appear for the IBPS exam, but only a few make it to the finals. This article will provide with a sure-fire recipe for success, and a methodical study plan for the IBPS PO Prelims 2018 English Section. Although many people clear the other sections, they struggle with the English section.

There are three main reasons:

1. Lack of direction (What to study)
2. Lack of supportive habits (How to study)
3. Lack of timed testing (When to study and how long)

Lack of Direction:

Often times, IBPS aspirants fervently prepare for their exams without knowing what exactly they need to prepare on. You could spend hours studying every grammar rule possible, and still struggle with the questions if you don’t know what you need to focus on and what you can ignore. The key to effective preparation is methodical study.

Usage of English Tenses – Important English Grammar Tips

Dear Students, Here we have given the Important English Grammar Tips in usage of English Tenses, candidates those who are preparing for the SBI, RBI, IBPS and all other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important English Grammar Tips – Usage of English Tenses

Now a days IBPS has changing the questions pattern of English Section more often, to tackle the English Section aspirants should be very strong in the Basic English Grammar. To help you in this aspect here we have given the Important English Grammar Tips in usage of English Tenses which will be more helpful to attend Error Spotting Questions.

ENGLISH TENSES

V1=present tense verb
V2 =past tense verb
V3 =past participle
V4= present participle / V1+ing
S= subject
O= object
M.A=modal auxiliaries

USAGE OF ENGLISH TENSES

Important Tips For Error Spotting with Exercise Questions (Usage of Noun)

Dear Aspirants, Here we have given the Important English Grammar Tips in usage of English Common Noun Examples, candidates those who are preparing for the SBI, RBI, IBPS and all other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important English Grammar Tips – Usage of Noun Examples

Now a days IBPS has changing the questions pattern of English Section more often, to tackle the English Section aspirants should be very strong in the Basic English Grammar. To help you in this aspect here we have given the Important English Grammar Tips in usage of English Noun which will be more helpful to attend Error Spotting Questions.

Noun:

Noun is a naming word. It refers person, place, things or animals.
Eg: Vaibhav, Chennai, pen, cow…..with this noun is classified into 5 types in major.

PROPER NOUN  is the name of a particular person or place.
Eg: George, Banaras …

COMMON NOUN is the name of group of persons or things.
Eg: Boy, town,….

Important Tips to Attempt Reading Comprehension Passage in English Section

Important Tips to Attempt Reading Comprehension Passage in English Section:

Dear Readers, Most of our followers were requesting more study materials on English Section and we have already provided some tips on it, here we have given the important tips to attempt the Reading Comprehension Questions in English Section, make use of it.

How to Attempt Comprehensions?

  “Comprehensions judge your capability and ability of understanding the passage, your power of analyzing the problem in proper perspective and your ability of presenting your answer quickly, correctly and systematically”.

Comprehension ensures your ability to read and understand the written passage. Through the comprehension exercise you are asked to answer questions about the passage.

In answering the questions based on reading the passage, it is important that your answer should be based upon the information given in the passage. Your own common sense, your own knowledge, your own presumption should not be taken into account while answering the questions. If you have information from your own experience and knowledge, you should not use it to answer any question. Even if you think that there is some mistake in any paragraph of the comprehension, you must still answer the question on the basis of the information given in the passage.

There are certain techniques that will help you in answering the questions based on the comprehensions.

Important Tips for Spotting Errors in English Language

Important Tips for Spotting Errors in English – Usage of Articles:

Dear Aspirants, Here we are going to discuss about the Important Tips for spotting errors in English and Usage of Articles. Candidates those who are preparing for upcoming IBPS PO/Clerk 2017 and all other competitive exams can use this.

A	AN	THE
‘A’ can be used before consonants and before ‘u’ (yu) and ‘o’ (wo)	‘AN’ can be used before five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and consonant sound like (f, h, l, m, n, r, s& x)	‘THE’ can be used before individual nouns or already known nouns.

Important Tips to Attend Error Spotting with Exercise Questions & Explanation

Important Tips to Attend Error Spotting with Exercise Questions and Explanations:

Dear Aspirants, Here we are going to discuss about the Important Tips to Attend Error Spotting with Exercise Questions based on usage of NOUN. Candidates those who are preparing for upcoming IBPS RRB/PO/Clerk Exams 2017 and all other competitive exams can use this. Note: In upcoming days we will provide more tips to attend Error Spotting Questions, keep following.

NOUN:

Noun is a naming word. It refers person, place, things or animals.

Eg: Vaibhav, Chennai, pen, cow…..with this noun is classified into 5 types in major.

PROPER NOUN is the name of a particular person or place.

Eg: George, Banaras …

COMMON NOUNis the name of group of persons or things.

Eg: Boy, town,….

COLLECTIVE NOUNis the name of a group or collection of similar persons, animals, or things.

Eg: Group of boys, fleet of soldiers,…

Important Tips to Rearrange the Jumbled Sentences in English Questions

Important Tips to Rearrange the Jumbled Sentences in English Questions:

Dear Readers, Here we have given the important Tips to Rearrange the Jumbled Sentences in English Questions were given here, candidates those who are facing trouble to answer this type of question in English Section can use it. Useful for IBPS RRB/PO/Clerk Exams 2017.

REARRANGEMENT OF JUMBLED SENTENCES

• In these type of questions, the candidate is given a set of five or six sentences which are in jumbled order
• The given sentences should be arranged properly to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the questions based on the sequence formed

It’s up to you to untie this knot and rearrange the sentences or words so that they logically make sense.

Sentences rearrangement questions are included in BANK exams as they

• Help students relate events in a logical manner
• Sequence sentences based on English usage skills

Golden Rules on Spelling Correction in English Grammar

Golden Rules on Spelling Correction in English Grammar for SBI PO/NIACL 2017:

Dear Aspirants, Most of our followers were requesting more study materials on English Grammar Tips and we have already provided some tips on it, now here we have given the Golden Rules on Spelling Correction in English Grammar. Kindly Make use of it.

Rule 1: When the suffix “full” is added to a word, one “I” is removed.

Eg: Faith + full = faithful, use + full= useful

Rule 2:If the word to which the suffix “full” is added ends in “ll”, one “I” is removed from the word also.

Eg: Skill +full = skilful, will + full= wilful

Rule 3: Words of two or three syllables ending in single vowel + single consonant double the final consonant if the last syllable is stressed.

Eg: Permit + ed = permitted, occur + ing =occurring, control + ed =controlled, begin + ing = beginning

Rule 4: Consonant ‘I’ is doubled in the words ending in single vowel + “I” before a suffix beginning with a vowel

Eg: Signal + ing = signalling, repel + ent = repellent, quarrel + ed = quarrelled, travel + er = traveller

Rule 5: Words ending in silent “e”, drop the “e” before a suffix beginning with a vowel

Eg: Hope + ing = hoping, Live + ed = lived, drive + er = driver, tire + ing= tiring

Rule 6: If the suffix begins with a consonant “e” is not dropped

Eg: Hope + full = hopeful, sincere + ly= sincerely

List of Golden Rules on Spelling Correction in English Grammar

List of Golden Rules on Spelling Correction in English Grammar:

Dear Readers, Here we have given the List of 10 Golden Rules on Spelling Correction in English Grammar. Kindly make use of it.

Rule 1:  When the suffix “full” is added to a word, one “ I” is removed.

Eg:

·       Use + full= useful

·       Faith + full = faithful

Rule 2: If the word to which the suffix “full” is added ends in “ll”, one “I” is removed from the word also.

Eg:

·       Will + full= wilful

·       Skill +full = skilful

Rule 3:  Words of two or three syllables ending in single vowel + single consonant double the final consonant if the last syllable is stressed.

Eg:

·       Permit + ed = permitted

·       Control + ed =controlled

·       Occur + ing =occurring

·       Begin + ing = beginning

Rule 4:  Consonant ‘I’ is doubled in the words ending in single vowel + “I” before a suffix beginning with a vowel

Important English Grammar Tips (Usage of Articles)

Dear Aspirants, Here we have given the Important English Grammar Tips in usage of Articles, candidates those who are preparing for the SBI, RBI, IBPS and all other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important English Grammar Tips

Nowadays IBPS has changed the questions pattern of English Section more often, to tackle the English Section aspirants should be very strong in the Basic English Grammar. To help you in this aspect here we have given the Important English Grammar Tips in the usage of Articles which will be more helpful to attend Error Spotting Questions.

A	AN	THE
‘A’ can be used before consonants and before ‘u’ (yu) and ‘o’ (wo)	‘AN’ can be used before five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) and consonant sound like (f, h, l, m, n, r, s & x)	‘THE’ can be used before individual nouns or already known nouns.

Free Online Videos for English Language Preparation is Here

Usage of article ‘A’

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About International Theatre Institute

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• It is observed every year to mark the importance of Veterinary doctors who serve to protect animals. These veterans work on improving animal lives and thus human lives.
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• The day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 2 April 2019, to raise awareness of role of the delegates and representatives of the member states of the UN.
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Due to the COVID-19 lockdown in India, many competitive exam results and exam dates are delayed. The SBI prelims 2020 exam result is also delayed. The SBI clerk mains exam date was also postponed. Candidates are eagerly waiting for the official announcement regarding the prelims result and SBI clerk mains exam date. But candidates have to use these lockdown days for their mains exam preparation. For that we have provided the SBI clerk mains exam 2020 preparation strategy and tips.

SBI Clerk Mains 2020 Exam Pattern:

SBI Clerk Mains Study Plan 2020 : 30 Days Study Plan, Check Here

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After completing the SBI clerk 2020, prelims exam, candidates are eagerly waiting for the result. But due to COVID-19 spread, the prelims result announcement is delaying. Also the mains exam is also postponed. The picture will get clear, only after the end of lockdown. In this lockdown period, students have to stay in home and prepare safely. So use this lockdown as a golden chance to prepare for the SBI clerk mains exam. To support your preparation, we have made an SBI clerk mains study plan package. Using this study plan you can prepare for the exam in this lockdown period.

SBI Clerk Mains Exam Pattern:

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