Tips & Strategy of English Section ( Part III )

Part-II: Grammar

Direct-Indirect & Active Passive

Aspirants find this one topic in English Language to be very confusing and mostly leave the topic while preparing untouched. This is an important topic from the exam point of view and can fetch you good score if practiced well.

Sentence Correction

In this topic you have to find the correct alternatives which may improve the sentence. Sometimes there is no correction required then your answer will be no improvement.

Tips to solve Sentence Correction in Exam

(i) Read the original sentence carefully and try to spot grammatical errors by identifying whether something “sounds” wrong.

(ii) Always look at every choice.

(iii) Even when the original sentence seems fine, pay attention to the grammar that it tests and look through the choices systematically to see if any option provides a better alternative.

(iv) As you locate each error, eliminate all of the choices that contain that error

(v) Do not read each answer choice back into the sentence individually; that wastes time and invites inaccuracy.

(vi) Instead, identify the differences among the choices and eliminate those that offer less effective or grammatically incorrect alternatives.

Spotting Error

You have to find the grammatical error in the sentence. This type of questions require good grammatical sense.

Tips to solve Spotting Error in exam

(i) In order to solve questions on spotting errors the first step you should take is to read the complete sentence carefully. In most of the cases, you will be able to detect the error in the first go itself.

(ii) While reading the entire sentence, you must carefully check the subject-verb agreement.

(iii) If you can still not detect the error or you are still unsure of the correct answer, then you must read each individual part of the sentence and closely examine which part consists of an error.

Cloze Test

As you all know that Cloze Test is the most important part of the SSC Exams. It is an exercise where the candidates are provided with a passage which has certain words missing from it. It is very important for the candidates to understand the flow and context of the passage.

How to Crack the Nut?

1. First of all go through the complete passage and get a rough idea about the content and the message it conveys. Also note down the unknown words.
2. In a passage mostly all the sentences are logically related to each other. This logic’s will give you an idea about the appropriate word for the blank space.
3. Sometimes you can easily spot the correct answer. If not, then eliminate the improbable options one by one and get the right answer.
4. Find a logical relation between all the provided options.
5. Practice at least 4-5 cloze tests to check your performance.

Fill in the blanks

In this Exam it is expected that there will be questions with only single fill in the blank.

 Tips to solve this type of Question in exam

(i) Read the statement carefully and choose the word from the options which is suitable for the answer.

(ii) Use the method of elimination by simultaneously checking which of the options best satisfies both the entries.

(iii) Also you must ensure that the word you have inserted in the blank enables to read the sentence smoothly and correctly.