How To Prepare English For IBPS PO Exam 2019 | Tip and Tricks For English Language

The English Language section In banking exams is thought to be an easy and scoring section. However, the difficulty level of this English language section has increased over the last three years. In this section, questions are asked tricky and time consuming. So, everyone needs to have a good plan to study for this section.

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This is the common section to both prelims as well as mains exams. Sectional marks are necessary for IBPS PO examination. So you need to score minimum qualifying marks in each this section of both Prelims as well as Mains. This section is easy compared to other sections, namely Quantitative section and Reasoning section. But without a proper study plan, you will not be able to score well in this section. To crack the IBPS PO mains exam, you must score well in this section. Also IBPS PO mains exam consists of a Descriptive Test of English Language. So, you must prepare sincerely for the English Language section of IBPS PO exam. In this article, we give you detail information on how to prepare the English language For IBPS PO Examination.

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IBPS PO English Preparation Section wise tips:

Reading comprehension Tips:

This section consists ten marks in prelims, as well as mains exam, Reading comprehension in IBPS  PO English, consists of questions based on the passage and vocabulary based questions like synonyms and antonyms. IBPS Board conducts the exam in online mode so the candidates before reading the passage should once go through the questions. So you easily get some idea about the answers.

Tips :

1. Read English newspaper regularly (like the Hindu).
2. Do regular practice with the time.
3. First, read the questions before going to the passage
4. In case the passage is longer you need to improve your reading speed
5. Then finally go to the grammar part

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Cloze Test:

Cloze Test is a type of understanding exercise in which the reader is need to add words that have been missing from the passage. This has to be done by:

Filling the blanks in passages and understanding and choosing words in a running passage to maintain the sequence of various sentences in the paragraphs.

Tips :

1. Eliminate options based on the sentence
2. Read the passage carefully
3. Link the sentence while reading
4. Identify the grammar part in the cloze test

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Rearrangement:

In this topic, sentence is jumbled up and candidates are need to arrange them in proper order.

This worlds generally confuse the candidates but reading regularly such type of questions you get an idea how to form a proper sentence.

Vocabulary:

Questions are asked related to vocabulary could be a little confusing. So, To get all the questions correct, you need to have a strong command on vocabulary.

Tips to increase vocabulary:

1. Got down the news words while reading the newspaper.
2. Leaning the meaning of the word and usage of the word
3. Practice vocabulary based test will help you test your knowledge

English Grammar:

Grammar related questions need to have a clear knowledge of the rules of grammar. This generally means you need to have a clear knowledge of basic, school-level grammar. So study English grammar in the following manner.

1. Parts of speech
2. Tenses
3. Articles -A, An, The
4. Phrases and idioms
5. Singular and plural
6. Direct and indirect speech

Read newspapers and English books regularly and make aware try to understand the grammatical rules of the English language.

Double Fillers:

In this topic, a sentence is jumbled up, and candidates need to arrange them in proper order.

This worlds generally confuse the candidates but reading regularly such type of questions you get an idea of how to form a proper sentence.

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Sentence Correction:

In This Topic, questions are based upon the fundamentals or basics of the English language.

In this section, questions are based on basic English language.

Tips:

1. For getting a good score in this section candidate must know the basic grammar rules
2. The candidate must make a habit of reading to gain good marks in this section as well as reading comprehension section.

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Para Jumbles:

This is the important section in IBPS English exam. In these questions, you have to rearrange the parts of sentences to form a meaningful sentence.

Tips :

1. Must have Good knowledge of sentence formation rules
2. Read the sentences correctly and find the connection between the sentences

First try to find out noun, connections, articles etc..

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Synonyms and Antonyms:

Synonyms and antonyms based questions generally asked in reading comprehension sections. Synonyms mean those words which have similar meaning and antonyms means those words which have the opposite meaning. Having good knowledge in vocabulary would help.

How to Improve English For IBPS PO:

1. Reading newspaper regularly and make a note for difficult words.
2. Must have a habit to talk in English. Always talk in English with your friends this will help you improve your communication skills and English knowledge
3. Watch English news, movies, English TV Channels, regularly this will helps you improve your listening, speaking skills.
4. Solve English sectional test regularly it will help you manage the time in the examination.
5. Avoid guesswork this point is important don’t attempt the questions based guessing, you attempt the based on the realistic manner, random guessing will not yield you additional marks.

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