Preparing English Language for Government Exams
                     Preparing English Language for
Government  Exams
English language plays a very determining part in any government exam. If  
you’re aspiring for any such examination, you need to have a good command over  
English language.
There are some examinations, where questions are provided in Hindi or Regional  
languages also, but the fact remains, that there is a separate section in every exam  
where your knowledge of English is tested. This section carries no option for any  
other language, so you are kind of stuck in it.
To ease this difficulty, you need to lay down special emphasis over your language  
preparation so that you don’t lose marks due to lack of knowledge of English.  
Now, if you’re someone who is not too good at English or is average in studies,  
you need not to worry. Just follow some tips and keep up the hard work, soon  
you’ll have the knowledge that you seek. So, let’s get started!
1. Grammar- Grammar is the main essence of any language and to know a  
language you must have command over grammar part. The day you realize  
that you need to prepare for English, the first step you should be doing is, to  
ace its grammar. To understand the question or to answer the question, you  
need to know about how sentences are formed and what they mean. Do not  
directly go for heavy-heavy books of grammar, start with basic school  
books. Start with learning Part of Speech, Tenses, Narration and Voice. At  
first learn the rules then try to apply them in practical life. Once you start  
getting familiar with the rules, focus on things like Modals, Prepositions,  
Adjectives, Gerund, and Infinitive etc. In a few months, you’ll notice a  
change in your orientation. You will have knowledge of rules and their  
application. Then you can try some standard books of grammar such as  
Wren & Martin or S.P.Bakshi.
Click here to learn Basics of English.
2. Vocabulary- Once you get an idea about the grammar, you must go for  
Vocabulary. Start with learning the words which you use daily, try to know  
the name of things that you use daily. Grab any dictionary and try to learn as  
many new words as you can. But remember to revise and use those words,  
otherwise you’ll forget them soon. A very good source of learning new  
words can be newspapers. I would also suggest you to listen to English  
Songs, Podcasts and videos; they introduce you with new meanings every  
day. Apart from this, you can search for specific pdfs of Vocabulary for your 
 exam; there are plenty of those available on the internet. A very standard  
book for Vocabulary is “Word Power Made Easy “by Norman Lewis.  
This book covers 85% of your vocabulary if you grasp a hold on it. Always  
prepare Synonyms and Antonyms for every word, some questions are asked  
on this part also.
Bonus Tips- Every person has capacity of learning new words. Some find it  
difficult to retain a lot of words. Here are two things that you can do-
(1)Divide the words in negative or positive tone. For example- Optimistic,  
Sanguine, Buoyant etc. are words which denote something positive, whereas
Acerbic, Scanting, Vicious, Caustic etc. are the words which give negative  
tone. You can just remember the tone of the word. When such word comes  
in a passage, you can easily determine whether it is saying something  
positive or negative.
(2) Try to learn root words, for example- such as ‘Bene’ means good, ‘Bio”  
means life, ‘Aqua” means water and ‘Mal’ means bad. Whenever any word  
starts with these root words, you will automatically get the meaning.
3. Comprehension- In many exams, we see unseen passages and paragraphs  
for comprehension. You have to read the passage thoroughly and understand  
what it says. Then the passage is followed by some questions, which you
have to answer. In these questions, they can ask you to give general answers
or to give the title of the passage or they can ask meaning of some words. To 
 attempt these questions perfectly, you need to practice comprehension daily.  
Buy any book for practice or check on internet for daily passages. Try to  
attempt them in as less time as possible. Read the passage thoroughly and  
then move to the questions. Do not miss the central idea as it helps you to  
decide the title. Watch English Movies for better understanding of context, it  
also helps.
4. Spellings- Do not underestimate spellings in any examination. Sometimes  
questions are asked to correct the spelling, and the options are very  
confusing. To attempt such questions, you must memorize the spellings very  
well. Also, when you write subjective answers, you are judged by your  
spelling too. Bad spelling makes a bad impression upon the examiner.
5. Newspapers- A lot of people would have suggested you to start your
preparation of English language by reading newspapers. However, I would
suggest that one must know the grammar and the vocabulary first, so that  
when you start a newspaper, you understand it better. As a beginner, start by  
some light newspapers such as Economic Times and gradually move  
towards The Hindu or The Indian Express. Look very carefully at the new  
words that you find in the newspaper, and learn how to create better  sentence 
structure. Do not read too much in a day, read only that much  which you can 
memorize in a day. Continue this for about 6 months, and  you’ll see a drastic 
change in your English.
6. Write what you learn- When you learn a new word, or you learn a new  
way of sentence formation, always make short notes of that thing. Because  
when we write something, we memorize that thing even better. You can  
make some flash cards or you can write those words in a notebook. Either  
way, doesn’t forget to write them.
7. Shape your knowledge- Once you learn plenty of words, grammar and  
rules of English language, it’s time to shape your knowledge. You might 
be
thinking, that ‘How I’ll shape my knowledge”? Well! Recognize the area  
which requires work and revise the portion which you know the best. For  
example- if you have good command over grammar, but are weak in  
vocabulary, give less time to grammar and focus more on vocabulary. 
Make
a routine and identify your strengths and weaknesses. Once you know that  
how much have you covered and how much is left, you’ll know how to  
cover those left things.
Hopefully this article guides you in some way!
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