How to Prepare English For IBPS Clerk Exam 2022: Tips to Score High In English Section

Are you preparing for IBPS Clerk but a little worried about the English section? Let's find out how to prepare English for IBPS Clerk Exam.Every year, IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) holds the IBPS Clerk test to fill clerical positions in 11 public sector banks across the nation. To fill these positions, all public sector banks rely on CRP as a starting point.

The candidates must know that the exam is held in two stages i.e Preliminary and Mains, the candidates will have to clear both the phases to secure a job as an IBPS Clerk. You bookmark this to have a brief analysis regarding the IBPS Clerk Recruitment process and exam-related details. Join our IBPS Clerk batch for expert guidance- IBPS Clerk Complete Batch 

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IBPS Clerk 2022 Exam Syllabus (Pre+Mains)

English Language	Numerical Ability	Reasoning Ability	Computer	General Awareness
Reading Comprehension	Number Series	Puzzle and Arrangements	History and Generation of Computers	Banking and Insurance Awareness
Cloze Test	Simplification/ Approximation	Inequality	Introduction to Computer Organisation	Financial Awareness
Fillers	Quadratic Equations	Syllogism	Computer Hardware and I/O Devices	Govt. Schemes and Policies
Spotting Errors	Data Interpretation	Coding-Decoding	Computer Languages, Basics of DBMS	Current Affairs
Sentence Improvement	Data Sufficiency	Blood Relations	Operating System, Internet	Static Awareness
Fill in the Blanks	Miscellaneous	Direction sense	Computer Network & Security
		Order and Ranking	MS Office Suit and Short cut keys
	Computer Memory, Computer Software
Number System and Conversions

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How To Prepare English section in IBPS Clerk exam

Following are the tips and guidance to crack the English section IBPS Clerk-

English Topics for IBPS Clerk Prelims 2022

1. Fill in the blanks – In IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam, it is expected that – you are required to fill in more than one blank.

 Tips to solve this type of Question in an exam 

(i) Read the statement carefully and choose the word from the options which is suitable for the answer.

(ii) Use the method of elimination by simultaneously checking which of the options best satisfies both the entries.

(iii) Also, you must ensure that the word you have inserted in the blank enables you to read the sentence smoothly and correctly.
You can attempt 3 questions from 5 questions from this topic.
 

 2. Cloze Test – A passage with 5 blanks is expected to come in IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam. In this test, you are provided with a passage with a few blanks and you need to fill these blanks from the given options.

Tips to solve Cloze Test in the exam –

(i) In a passage mostly all the sentences are logically related to each other. This logic will give you an idea about the appropriate word for the blank space.

(ii) Sometimes you can easily spot the correct answer. If not, then eliminate the improbable options one by one and get the right answer.

(iii) Find a logical relation between all the provided options.

 Try to attempt 3 questions from 5 questions from this topic if the other 2 questions seem difficult in answering.
 

3. Para jumbles – The objectives of these types of sentences are to rearrange the sentences in the original sequence. It consists of a group of sentences that have been jumbled up. Five or Six sentences are given in random order and you have to un-jumble all of them.

Tips to solve Para jumbles in an exam –

(i) Try to understand the basic idea of the given passage. It will help you to arrange sentences quickly. All you need to do is identify the logical connection between the sentences.

(ii) Generally, the given information in the jumbled sentences changes from general to specific. If you observe, you can see that the first few sentences are generic while those that follow are fact-specific and informative.

(iii) Sometimes, a good knowledge of options analysis helps to rule out the possible answers from the given options. This trick will save a lot of time.

(iv) The key is to find the first sentence quickly as it will give us a linear direction with respect to the given content.

(v) Similarly, guessing the concluding sentence will give you both the ends of the linear connecting idea.

(vi) Generally, sentences denoting time, place & name are the most probable opening lines.
 

 4. Sentence Correction – In this topic, you have to find the correct alternatives which may improve the sentence. Sometimes there is no correction required then your answer will not improve.

Tips to solve Sentence Correction in Exam –

(i) Read the original sentence carefully and try to spot grammatical errors by identifying whether something “sounds” wrong.

(ii) Always look at every choice.

(iii) Even when the original sentence seems fine, pay attention to the grammar that it tests and look through the choices systematically to see if any provides a better option.

(iv) As you locate each error, eliminate all of the choices that contain that error.

(v) Do not read each answer choice back into the sentence individually; that wastes time and invites inaccuracy.

(vi) Instead, identify the differences among the choices and eliminate those that offer less effective or grammatically incorrect alternatives.
 

5. Spotting Error – You have to find the grammatical error in the sentence. Four to five questions are expected to come in the IBPS Clerk Prelim Exam. This type of question requires good grammatical sense.

Tips to solve Spotting Error in an exam –

(i) In order to solve questions on spotting errors, the first step you should take is to read the complete sentence carefully. In most cases, you will be able to detect the error in the first go itself.

(ii) While reading the entire sentence, you must carefully check the subject-verb agreement.

(iii) If you can still not detect the error or you are still unsure of the correct answer, then you must read each individual part of the sentence and closely examine which part consists of an error.
 

6. Reading Comprehension – In the English language, Reading Comprehension is given in the exam to judge the capability of understanding the passage and to analyze the problem from a correct perspective. The questions will not come direct and hence have to understand the passage to answer.

Reading Comprehension will be Story based? As we all know, in recent exams IBPS has increased the level of the questions which was unexpected, so we are not 100% sure whether Reading Comprehension will be Story-based or not in the upcoming IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam.
 

Tips to solve Reading Comprehension in the exam –

(i) Always try to attempt Antonym & synonym based questions first in this topic. Questions can be solved by noticing how the word is used in the sentence. Since a word can have multiple meanings, there can be more than one choice that gives the correct answer but only one choice will fit the word in a particular context.

(ii) Skim through the paragraph quickly to understand what the author is saying and also make notes of what sections of the comprehension talk about what ideas. This will help you find answers quickly after you have read the questions.

(iii) Time Saving Strategy: Do not try to attempt a question that is difficult to understand, or the answer to it is not easily traceable in the passage.

(iv) Never assume any answer or use any outside knowledge.

(v) Try to eliminate the least possible answers in order to reach the most probable answer.
 

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• The basic thing is to stick to a good timetable that allows you to read the newspaper on a daily basis so that you can get familiar with English Section for IBPS Clerk 2022 prelims exam.