What to Prepare SSC CGL English Section?




Every year, SSC conducts SSC CGL EXAM to fill the vacant posts for officers at various government departments. As SSC CGL Exam is designed for the officer grade posts and so aspirants have to put extra efforts in all sections to qualify it. English Section has been most talked about section where most of the candidates need suitable guidance and proper understanding of the concepts. 

Language needs proficiency and so does English Section of SSC CGL Exam. One should be able to read the questions thoroughly which is only possible if one has command over English language.

There are important topics to be covered to write the SSC CGL EXAM, these are:
a)   Reading comprehension
b)  Vocabulary
c)   Tenses
d)  Idiom and phrases
e)   Antonym and synonyms
f)    One word substitution
g)  Phrase replacement and sentence correction

TIPS TO PREPARE FOR ENGLISH SECTION

1.      Take the English Grammar-based topics first to understand the language ethics. Topics to be covered such as Tenses, Subject-Verb Agreement, Article-Noun Agreement, Correct Part of Speech, Correct use of Prepositions, Parallelism, Phrasal Verbs, Sentence Construction, Degree of Comparison, Correct use of different parts of speech. Take them topic wise and practice as much as you can to understand the language.

2.      Learn vocabulary from reputed author books such as Norman Lewis’s Word Power Made Easy or read English newspaper daily and short list the difficult words and make your own dictionary of difficult words and revise it daily.

3.      Improve your vocabulary by learning the antonyms along with the synonyms to know the correct use words.

4.      Take one reading comprehension to enhance your vocabulary skills as well as reading skills.

5.      While revising grammar, start with tenses and then take up parts of speech. You can take easy topic afterwards which includes topics like determinants and articles.

6.      While reading English newspaper, do concentrate on the use of tenses and vocabulary to understand the language ethics.


7.      To improve your spoken skills, you can watch English movies/ serials, news channels. Try and watch movies with Hindi subtitles or English subtitles to understand the accent and story. Sometimes the accent has speed and you are not able to catch, it will come by experience, learn with patience.

8.      Join SSC CGL MOCK TEST SERIES and practice one topic test on the topics covered on daily basis and check your learning.

9.      Analyze the previous year question papers and short list the topics which are frequently asked and practice them more.

10.    While solving the mock tests, examine carefully the given options before making the right option. Read the question carefully and understand the theme.

11.    Do not make any guess work while solving questions as it leads to negative marking.

12.    Develop speed by solving practice test using timer as you need to manage the section in a limited time.

13.    Do not give more than 20 seconds to a question or else you will not be able to complete the question paper.

14.    It is advisable to leave the questions whose answers are uncertain or are time consuming.

15.    Don’t answer so hurriedly without visiting all the options. Thoughtfully give time to all the 4 options and then mark the answer.

16.    Take the help a subject expert or join SSC CGL COACHING CLASSES to prepare effectively for the English section or else you will not be able to understand the concepts well. It is very important to acquire language proficiency to score high in this section.

Hope these tips will help you prepare well for the English Section of SSC CGL EXAM. Follow them attentively to get the best outcomes.

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