English Communication Test

Contents
Sentence Correction Reading Comprehension
(replace the phrase printed in bold, misspelled
word, fill in the blanks, error in any one part)

Prepositions Sentence Arrangement

(PQRST)
Grammar Spotting Error
(statement given in parts as options,
select the part, that has an error)

Article Synonyms & Antonyms

(usage of appropriate article)
Speech and Tenses Sentence Selection
(alternatives to bold part are given, to improve
the construction)
Prepositions

in/ into
• She (put/ kept) the pen into the bag.
V
• The pen is in the bag.
on/ onto
• The food is on the table.
• She (kept) the food onto the table.
V
besides/ beside
• Besides corruption, govenment is also responsible for inc
reasing population.
• there was a house beside the tree.
• at/ in (at for smaller location, in larger location.)
• I was born at Nagpur in India.
• I was born in Nagpur at Mahal.
• (if there is a comparison between two locations.)
Prepositions
• Tea than coffee. (Tea over coffee.)
• Junior than me. (junior to me)
• arrived to the stadium (arrived at the stadium)
• It’s my birthday on June 2nd. (specific date)
• My birthday is in July! (general month)
• go shopping in the afternoon
• in the evening
• things happen at night
• for three years. (period of time)
• since 2019. / since march./ since our last meeting.
(specific time)
• one person is married to another.
• plans to get married
• asked to mam. (asked mam)
Sentence Correction / Error identification
• wrong usage of tenses (present, past)
• collective noun (as one unit: singular verb. eg: group, tea
m, class) (the group is, the team is)
• appropriate preposition
(One, useless, unicorn all clearly begin with a vowel but are
preceded by 'a', rather than an beacuse of the sound 'y')
(Consonants that sound like a vowel, are preceded by 'an')
 Sentence Correction
• multiple words that can be otherwise summed up into a si
ngle word.
• wait for - await
• to go and bring - fetch
• not sensitive- insensitive
Redundancy
• repeat again- repeat
• new innovations- innovations
• revert back- revert
• end result- result
Sentence Correction
• concentrate on words:
• affect v/s effect
• few v/s less
• adapt v/s adopt
• argue against v/s argue with
• lay v/s lie
• later v/s latter
• Lean on / lean against
Examples
Choose the correct sentence from the following option:
• a. Go and fetch some water for me
• b. Go to fetch some water for me
• c. Fetch some water for me
• d. Fetch and bring some water for me

• Answer – Fetch some water for me

• Explanation – The meaning of ‘fetch’ is ‘to go and bring back’. Both ‘go’ and
‘bring’ are included in the meaning of ‘fetch’. So, both ‘fetch’ and ‘go’ or ‘fetch’
and ‘bring’ can’t be used in a single sentence.
Fill up the blank with suitable words:

Julie and Edward are both English. ______ been ____ years now since they ca
me to UK. They have _____ married for ten years now.

• a. Its, two, been

• b. It’s, too, bean
• c. Its, two, bean
• d. It’s, two, been

• Answer – D (It’s, two, been)

• Explanation – It has (It’s)
• its: quality belonging to a thing. (Its color is red.)
Subject-Verb Agreement
• singular noun= singular verb (singular verb ends with 's')
• Plural Noun = Plural Verb (Plural noun end in 's' but plural
verb does not end in 's')
• indefinite pronouns (singular verb)
Each, Everyone, everybody, everything,No one, nobody, n
othing, Someone, somebody, something
Subject - Verb Agreement
• one thing made of two parts
Scissors, trousers (plural verb)
scissors has two parts( the scissors are)
a pair of scissors is... (one pair)
Reading Comprehension
• Types: Referential and Inferential

• Ask:
• What is the author’s purpose for writing the passage?
• Summarize the main idea of the passage.
• Draw a conclusion
Reading Comprehension
• From the questions, retrace the lines in the passage.

• Use the “bottom-up” approach, read the questions first.

• Try reading only the part that is related to the questions th

at are asked.

• Don’t memorize instead understand the essence of the po

int being conveyed by the author.
Reading Comprehension
Do's Dont's

skim and scan No Lipreading

look at chunks of words. No Underlining
pay attention to signposts (but, No using finger while reading
and)
Segmenting with Sub-
Headings
(like – intro, background,
causes, conclusion)
Answer in Context No assuming meanings of
words.
Sentence Ordering
Tips Hints
• Read all the sentences • Cause-Effect Hint

• Understand the theme • Chronology Hint

• Find the link between the • Common Sentence to

sentences Specific Sentence Hint

• Sentence Transition is • Question- Answer Hint

Important
Synonyms/ Antonyms
• understand the meaning of the word
• positive words / negative words
• check options, if you dont know the meaning of the word
• don't confuse between similar sounding words
• use the word in a sentence and understand the context.
Thank you