Quick Tips to Improve Your English Language Skills:
1. Read, Read & Read More : Books, Articles, News, Quora, Opinion Columns. Install a dictionary app. WordWeb App is helpful.
2. Speak in English wherever possible.
3. Watch a 30 minute English Series from Prime or Netflix or any other available channels. tur on Sub-Titles, to understand the pronunciation, spelling, context, and accent.
4. Practice short quizzes
5. Make Notes.
Reading Comprehension:
Reading comprehension in IBPS English consists of a passage and questions based on the passage. Candidates can have a quick glance at the questions before reading the entire passage. Reading the questions first will give a glimpse of what should be looked for in the passage.
Cloze Test:
Cloze Test is a type of comprehension exercise in which the reader is required to add words that have been omitted from the passage. This has to be done by:
Filling the blanks in passages and comprehensions and choosing words in a running passage to maintain the sequence of various sentences in the paragraphs.
For every blank, you will be given 5 choices and you have to select the closest one.
Tips:
Read the passage thoroughly.
Link the previous and next sentences.
Be careful with nouns, pronouns, verbs, prepositions, conjunction, article, and tenses.
Eliminate options accordingly.
Sentence Correction:
Sentence correction questions are based upon the fundamentals or basics of the English language.
Tips:
For this part, candidates must know the basic rules of grammar
To improve scores in this part, candidates must be regular with their reading.
Also, you must know the correct usage of words so that you can easily correct the sentences.
Error Detection:
This English section contains error detection topics. The question in which you have to find out the errors related to grammar or spelling.
Tips:
Candidates should be careful with grammar and should have a good understanding of sentence formation.
This is one of the least time-consuming questions in the English section. So, try to solve these in the beginning.
Understand the sentence formation rules and also improve your sentence formation.
Para Jumbles:
Para Jumbles are the important questions asked in the IBPS English exam. In these questions, you have to rearrange the parts of sentences to form a meaningful sentence.
Tips:
Read the sentences carefully and find what is being talked about in the paragraph.
Try to find out a clue from pronouns, adverbs, articles, definers, connectors, etc.
You should first arrange phrases and then add those phrases in a meaningful manner.
Knowledge of sentence formation rules is a must.
Below are the best books that candidates must refer for English Preparation:
Objective General English by RS Aggarwal
Objective English for Competitive Examinations (English) 5th Edition
English Improvement Course (With 4 Free Books) (English) 12th Edition
English Grammar by Murphy by Cambridge University Press