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Section in IBPS PO Prelims 2018
By admin - Aug 31 2018

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)

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 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.

Question patterns:

1. First, go through the new question patterns

2. Learn strategies that can be applied to question

types, regardless of changes in the pattern.

3. Learn the art of Elimination

Vocabulary:

1. Learn words that are repeatedly used in

newspapers

2. Learn words used in political, financial and social

news articles

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 Grammar:

1. SVA

2. Tense

3. Prepositions

4. Articles

5. Possessives

Comprehension:

1. Learn how to answer the usual questions on

intended meaning, tone and title.

2. Learn how to identify keywords and implied hints

3. Learn how to guess word meaning from context

Lack of Supportive Habits:

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 Lack of timed testing: M T W T F S

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1. Time yourself when practicing mock tests or
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exercises

2. Gradually improve your timing as you practise

more everyday
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Once you are familiar with the question patterns, you
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should focus on strategies that will work for various
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types:

Reading Comprehension:

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1. Read the questions first, and identify keywords.  Monthly

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2. Try to guess meanings of words you don’t know

based on the context. Read the previous and
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3. Learn the difference between analytical,

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 5. Do not learn random new words. Read news
articles on economic and financial issues. Learn
the difficult words in those news articles
everyday, and you will notice that many of the Don't Miss An
words are repeated in most of the finance related Update
news. This will help you get the upper hand in
reading comprehension, since most of the
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‘The Economist’. You can use the daily editorials
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to learn the new words everyday.

6. Practise guessing the meaning of words based on

context by reading the previous line and the line
following it. The context always tells you whether
it is a positive word or a negative word. Based on
the context you will be able to eliminate wrong
answers and even guess the correct meaning.
This will give you the upper hand in
synonyms/antonyms questions in reading
comprehension.

You can practise for reading comprehension everyday

just by reading a newspaper article. Just go through an
article and try to figure out whether the article is

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 analytical, appreciative, critical, introspective, or
retrospective. Watch our video on Reading
Comprehension to learn how to accurately find the
meaning of a word based on the context, how to figure
out the implied meaning and how to identify the tone of
the author.

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Comprehension Questions

By following these strategies you will definitely be

able to score 7/10 in this section.

Cloze test/ Double Fillers/ Fill in the Blanks:

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 1. Tense errors are seen in many question types,
particularly the perfect tense. Make yourself
familiar with the perfect tenses. All sentences
with auxiliary verb have had or has is a sentence
in perfect tense and the verb must always be in
the V3 form. This is a very important rule to
remember when solving fill in the blank and error
detection question types.

2. Prepositions are a very important part of English.

Learn the basic rules of prepositions such as a
preposition is always followed by a noun and only an
adjective can be placed between the two. This rule is
very important for any type of fill in the blank
questions and cloze test. If there is a preposition
before the blank and no noun after the blank, the
answer has to be a noun. If there is a preposition
before the blank and a noun after the blank, the
answer has to be an adjective. Here is a list of
commonly used prepositions with examples to
help you study.

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 3. Learn how to identify word class. If you can
identify whether the word is a noun, verb or
adjective, you will be able to eliminate wrong
answers based on the simple grammar rules
discussed above. By identifying word class you
will also know exactly which word class should be
used in the blank. For example, if a modal verb is
present before the blank, the blank HAS to be
filled with a verb. This will reduce the amount of
time spent on this section. You can use our list of
prefixes and suffixes to help identify word class.

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Questions

Click Here for Important Tips to Answer Fill in the

Blank Questions

By following these strategies you will definitely be

able to score 7/10 or 3/5 in this section.

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 Sentence Improvement/ Phrase Replacement:

1. Read the sentence and the options to see which

part they have made changes in.

2. Pay attention to meaning

3. Identify nouns, verbs and adjectives in the

highlighted phrase

4. Learn common noun and adjective suffixes

5. Familiarise yourself with perfect tense.

6. Learn commonly used prepositional collocations.

You can go through our list of the most common
collocations to help you study.

7. Learn the usage of the definite article ‘the’. You

can learn the most important rules of article
usage by going through our guide to articles

8. Learn the usage of common prepositions such as

‘on’, ‘at’, ‘by’, ‘of’, ‘in’. You can learn the most
important prepositions, with examples and
detailed explanations by going through our
Guidelines for Prepositions

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 Click Here for Important Tips to Answer Phrase
Replacement Questions

By following these strategies you will definitely be

able to score 7/10 or 3/5 in this section.

Error Spotting/ Detection:

1. Focus on Subject-Verb Agreement (SVA) and try to

solve complex sentences. This will help
immensely in error correction and detection. For
example: The central theme in both Alice’s play
and Joan’s play is deception. In this sentence,
although two people are mentioned, the subject
is ‘the central theme’ which is singular, hence the
singular verb ‘is’ is used. Sentences like this can
sometimes be confusing, and you should practise
identifying the subject.

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 2. Tense errors are seen in many question types,
particularly the perfect tense. Make yourself
familiar with the perfect tenses. All sentences
with auxiliary verb have, had or has is a sentence
in perfect tense and the verb must always be in
the V3 form. This is a very important rule to
remember when solving fill in the blank and error
detection question types.

3. Modal verbs are used to show lack of certainty and

can be seen in many error detection questions. A
modal verb (can, could, should, might, may, etc.) is
always followed by the verb in its first form.  This rule
is used mostly in error detection and correction.

4. Articles are important for error detection

questions. An article is always followed by a noun and
only an adjective can be placed between the two. This
rule is also used when answering fill in the blank
questions and cloze test.

Click Here for Important Tips to Answer Error Spotting

Questions

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 By following these strategies you will definitely be
able to score 3/5 in this section.

By practising methodically and focusing on what is

important, you will be able to prepare effectively without
wasting time on unnecessary aspects of grammar. By
following these simple strategies you can easily score
20+ on the English section. Make sure to practise
everyday, and take mock tests once you have learned
the most important grammar rules mentioned in this
article. As always, remember to work hard and work smart.

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