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Important Strategy for English Language for IPPB PO Mains 2016

Dear Readers,

With only few days left for IPPB PO Mains Exam, every moment and your every move counts. And in Banking Examination the most important aspect is good practice and strategic plan. If you are blindly following any book or study material, that won’t help you much. You must be fully aware of what you need to study and how should you attempt the questions on The Day of Examination.

Today we’ll discuss about English Language Section.

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We’ll also give you strategy regarding other sections and in this article we’ll discuss the strategy that you can follow to attain good marks in English Language in IPPB PO Mains2016.

In IPPB PO Mains this section will have 40 questions which can fetch you maximum 40 marks, you’ll have 30 mins and there will be negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. Here comes a need for Strategy.
Most important element of a Language 

As there are only few days left, you should speed up your preparation and follow the right path as this is a vast subject. To prepare English Language subject for examination you must first understand that grammar is the essence of every language. And if you understand the grammatical rules, you easily could relate what goes into the structure of sentences and phrases. And the second most important thing is vocabulary. Vocabulary is the body of words used in a particular language and for communicating well or to understand the language vocabulary also plays an important part. And to have a good vocabulary you must develop good reading habits.

Every student appearing for IPPB PO Mains Examination must know what all are the important topics that you need to cover or practice well to score in the examination.

The topics that you need to cover are:
☑ Reading Comprehension (Based on Story, Economy, Social cause, Specific Topic)
☑ Jumbled Paragraph
☑ Sentence Improvement
☑ Cloze-Test
☑ Double/Single Fill in the blanks
☑ Antonyms, Synonyms and Spellings
☑ Jumbled Paragraph with odd one out sentence
☑ Paragraph Completion
☑ Compound Sentences (Combining sentences using participial phrases/connecting words)
And to prepare these topics you need to have good knowledge of:
Basic Grammar such as sentence, subject and predicate, phrases, clauses and Nouns
Adjective, types of adjective and the key to usage of suitable form of adjective
Articles
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Noun/Pronouns
Phrase Replacement
Tenses
Auxiliary and Modal Verbs
Adverbs and its types and usage
Prepositions, Conjunctions and Interjections

Strategy to make the most in limited time.
Firstly, you should choose to attempt questions of Cloze Test, Antonym/Synonym, Spellings and Fill in the blanks as they are relatively easier and far less time consuming than other topics. Be careful as there is negative marking, do not take chances in the examination as even 1 mark can make or break your dream.
Then you can go for Sentence Improvement, Jumbled paragraph and Compound sentences. They can be tricky as we’ve seen in SBI PO and IBPS PO examination, there were some major changes, so practice well and be prepared for the unexpected. The key is not to lose your calm and concentration. There are certain methods and tricks for these topics and by practicing well, you can easily get through these questions as well.
Then you’ll be left with Reading Comprehension. There are certain types of Reading Comprehension like on Story based, Economy based, Social cause or Specific Topic basedIt is advisable that as you have around a week left, you should practice at least 2 of each type. The trick for Reading Comprehension can be to at first quickly read the questions and then accordingly go through the passage, this can save your time. Yes, this step is very important, and while reading the questions do note down important points or keywords that you have to search in the passage. Remember it’s better to leave those questions that you find too much time consuming, be careful with your choices. Around 10 questions will be asked from a Reading Comprehension and 5-6 questions can be of easy to moderate level. Choose wisely and don’t be tempted to take chances while attempting questions from Reading Comprehension as accuracy matters a lot.

For some quick notes and tips you can go to BA Study Room and watch English Vinglish Videos on Adda247 YouTube Channel.


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