Syllabus English:
I. A short passage followed by four questions to test comprehension.
The questions will be set:
1. To judge understanding of the passage.
2. To draw inference
3. To judge understanding of vocabulary
II. Grammar – 1
1. Subject – verb concord
2. Forms of verbs and errors in the use of verbs, etc.
3. Sequence of tenses and errors in the use of tenses
4. Transformation of sentences – Compound, Complex, Simple, Negative,
Affirmative, Comparative degree, Positive degree, Superlative degree etc.
III. Grammar – 2
1. Formation of words - Nouns from verbs and adjectives, Adjectives from nouns
and verbs, Adverbs from adjectives etc
2. Determiners
3. The Preposition
4. Nouns and Pronouns
5. The Adjective
6. The Adverb
7. The Conjunction
8. The Modals
9. Clauses - Noun clauses, Adverb clauses of condition and time and Relative
clauses
IV. Vocabulary
1. Synonyms and Synonyms in context
2. Antonyms and Antonyms in context
3. One word substitution
4. Spelling pitfalls
5. Simple Idioms/phrases
6. Words often confused/Selecting the correct word fitting in a sentence
V. Narration (Direct and Indirect)
1. Commands and requests
2. Statements (Various tenses)
3. Questions (Various forms of questions, tenses, etc.)
VI. Voice (Active and Passive)
1. Changes required under each tense.
2. Other conditions for transforming Active into Passive
(a) The Preposition
(b) Modal auxiliaries
(c) Infinitive
(d) Participles
VII. Jumbled Sentences
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