SSC CGL Syllabus – English Language:

• SSC CGL Syllabus – English Language:

English Language
Priority Set	Nature of Questions	Topic	Weightage (# of Qs)	Approach
I.	1. Scoring 2. Easy to Solve 3. High Accuracy Possible 4. Time Consuming	Reading Comprehension	5 (1 passage)	The passage could be on any topic. Questions are mostly fact based & can be directly picked out of the passage. Sometimes vocabulary questions are asked on commonly used words.
II.	1. Scoring 2. Easy to Solve 3. High Accuracy Possible 4. Quick Solve	Fill in the Blanks	0-5	A mix of grammar and vocabulary based questions.Important topics:Phrasal verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, tenses, usage in context, confusable words
		Spellings	0-2	Choose the correctly spelt word or the misspelt word from different words. The same word can be spelt in different ways and you are asked to selec t the correct spelling.
III.	1. Moderate to High Score Possible 2. Moderately Time Consuming 3. Moderate to High Accuracy Possible	Phrase or Idiom Meaning	0-2	Easy to moderate difficulty level The meaning of the phrase or idiom can be asked in a sentence. The meaning can also be asked directly.
		Synonyms and Antonyms	0-2	One word given with four options to choose from, (either synonyms or antonyms).Rarely the words can be given in sentences.Prepare a list of commonly asked words to answer this part and score full marks.
		One Word Substitution	3-5	Substitute one word for the phrase given.Go through a list of the one word substitutions from past papers and solve questions on one word substitution.
IV.	1. Moderately Scoring 2. Time Consuming 3. Moderate Accuracy Possible	Phrase Replacement/ Sentence Correction	5	A mix of grammar and vocabulary Based questions.Important Topics: Tenses, Subject-Verb Agreement, Article-Noun Agreement, Correct Part of Speech, Correct use of Prepositions, Parallelism, Phrasal Verbs, Sentence Construction, Degree of Comparison, Correct use of different parts of speech, Easily confusable words, Usage in Context, Avoid guessing too much in these questions. Be aware of no-improvement questions
		Error Spotting	3-5	Grammar based Important Topics: Tenses, Subject-Verb Agreement, Article-Noun Agreement, Correct Part of Speech, Correct use of Prepositions, Parallelism, Phrasal Verbs, Sentence Construction, Degree of Comparison, Correct use of different parts of speech. Avoid guessing too much in these questions as some questions are tricky.