How to improve your English for any Competitive Exam?

How to improve your English for any Competitive Exam?

Want to improve your English for any Competitive Exam? We are here to help you

“Two roads diverged in yellow woods,

and sorry, I could not travel both,”

These lines from the work of Robert Frost makes to think about the way we prepare for our goal, the road we take to reach our goal. All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work. Preparing for any competitive exam needs hard work and determination. Before studying for an exam study the exam to get the right road to travel.

If you are an Indian you must be well aware of the fact that In India, Hindi is the most widely spoken language while English is a widely used language. You can survive here without knowing Hindi, but sadly, the same cannot be said for English. Living a simple average life in India is impossible if you are a non-English speaker. Why is that? Well, there are many reasons behind it, here are a few-

Importance of English In India English was predominantly used during British colonial rule and therefore became the source of communication with the west. It has shaped Modern India and has played a major role in the economic development of our country. Growth in technology, the advent of Media and social networking sites have made English an important link. Increase in multi-national companies, global market, and western trends in India. It is a compulsory language in schools and colleges. Major official, legal, formal or administrative work like e-mailing, reports, agreements, contracts, paperwork, letters, data entry, etc. are executed in English only. Any communication or public dealing based jobs require the knowledge of written and spoken English. Last but not least English is mandatory for any competitive exam.

Importance of English for Competitive Exams

English language in competitive exams incorporates three important sections: vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension. However, there may be some more sections based on the examinations.

• Competitive exams judge your English knowledge because it reflects your ability, competence, and efficiency to work in any field of work.
• To check your communication, comprehension and writing skills.
• To analyze your creativity, awareness, and imagination.
• To examine your language proficiency and expertise.
• These sections enable the examiners to understand what amount of your English understanding, speaking, writing and listening power is.
• The capability to construct, deconstruct and frame sentences or words shows the ability to make your ways through some of the advanced writing on different topics.

For all those students who are currently preparing for competitive exams here are a few simple tips that can help you score high in English

 3 months of English Improvement Regime

Segment 1- Grammar

• Start from scratch, prepare and learn the usage of all the tenses. Do not try to finish all the tenses in one day. Finish it over a week at least.

Sources- Reading English books, grammar books, online tutorials, spoken English practice, and English coaching.

• Be clear with the use of sentence structure- subject—verb—object.  This requires extra efforts and perhaps you may need a teacher to guide you
• Singular and plural, this might sound easy but we make maximum errors in its usage. Study the rules of singular and plural really well.

 

Segment 2: Vocabulary

• Learn 10 new words daily write them in your diary and review it every weekend. Total of 50 words a week. Please do not forget to use these words in your daily conversation.

Sources- Oxford dictionary, English novels written by renowned writers, previous years’ papers, English daily newspaper, and mock papers.

• Learn 5 new idioms/phrases daily and review them every weekend.

Sources- download idiom app, previous years’ papers.

Segment 3: Reading Comprehension

Read ‘The Hindu or The Indian Express’ newspaper daily, specifically the editorial part, as their articles are frequently used as a comprehension passage in several competitive exams.

Suggested Books –         S.P Bakshi which is a complete guide for English –         Oxford Dictionary –         Raymond Murphy or Martin Hewings –         Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis –         Wren and Martin High School Grammar. –         Essential English Grammar with Answers –         Plinth to paramount by Neetu Singh –         A mirror of common errors. (For a better understanding of grammar rules with a lot of practice) –         MB publication previous years questions paper of SSC.

Expert Tips- Here is what professionals have to say about cracking any competitive exams.

 “To begin with, solve questions in the sequence and then keep separate time slots for hard and complicated sections. There is no short cut to crack any competitive entrance exam without working on your core skills, which includes speaking, reading, listening and writing. Develop the habit of reading more and try to learn new words every day, work on your memory, keep yourself updated. All this information will be very advantageous once you become a professional in any field.

Meri Padhai:

Meri Padhai believes that every child is not the same, so the methods of learning should not be the same. we perform as a platform between students and teachers and provides educational assistance to students according to their requirements. We suggest institutes and  English tutors to students according to their preferences and makes sure that the good quality of education is provided to every child. as every child is special in its way.

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