Grammar Improvement Tips By SSC Coaching Institute

Coming to the core, the weightage of the English part (including both Tier 1 & Tier 2) is 250 marks out of the total 600 marks. It has around 40% share of the total SSC CGL Marks so do not take this section lightly as it’ll decide your selection in the SSC CGL Exam. Candidates who are going to appear for the exam would be looking for a few useful advice & tips to score well in the English section.

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SSC CGL English Grammar Topic Wise Tips 

 

Tips to solve Spotting Error

You have to find the grammatical error in the sentence. 2-3 questions of spotting-error are expected to come in the Exam. This type of questions needs good grammatical sense.

Tips & Tricks to solve Spotting Error in the exam 

(i) To solve questions on spotting errors, the first and foremost step you must take is to read the complete sentence carefully. In most of the cases, you’ll be able to detect the error in the first go itself.

(ii) While reading the whole sentence, you need to check carefully the subject-verb agreement.

(iii) If you still cannot detect the error or you’re unsure of the right answer, then you should read each part of the sentence and closely check which part consists of an error.

 

Synonyms & Antonyms

(i) Learn at least 30 new English words on a daily basis. Note down their Meaning and the example of each word you find unfamiliar or hard to remember. 

(ii) Make shortcuts, tricks to make the learning of the words easier, and try to use them in your daily life

(iii) Must study all the Synonyms & Antonyms from previous years' papers as there is a possibility that SSC exam will repeat vocab questions.

 

Idioms/Phrases & One Word Substitution

Sum up all the one-word substitutions & Idioms/phrases and also learn them to score good marks in the English section.

Spelling Mistakes

From this topic, you can simply get all the marks in your pockets. You just need to learn some rules for spelling errors which is very necessary to have an understanding of the usage of spellings in English Grammar.

Sentence Correction Tips

In this topic, you’ve to find the right or appropriate alternatives that may correct the sentence. Sometimes there is no correction needed then your answer will be No Improvement or None of These.

Tricks & Tips to solve Sentence Correction in Exam 

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

(ii) Always look at all the given choices.

(iii) Even when the sentence seems okay, pay attention to the grammar that it tests & look through the choices systematically to see if any option gives a better alternative.

(iv) Use the Option of Elimination Method

(v) Do not read each answer choice back into the sentence individually; as it only wastes time & invites inaccuracy.

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

 

Tips to solve fill in the blanks

(i) Read the statement carefully & select the word from the given options which seems more suitable for the answer or the blank.

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

(iii) Also, you are required to ensure that the word you have inserted in the blank enables to read the sentence smoothly & correctly.