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अङ्ग्रेजी · IOE · BE/BArch Engineering Entrance

4 chapters · 16 questions in the paper · about 1 h of reading

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Grammar I 4 questions in the paper · 12 min read
The syllabus asks for
- Sequence of tenses, concord (agreement)
- Direct and indirect speech
- Kinds of sentences and transformation of sentences
Key points
- The verb agrees with the head noun; "with", "as well as" and "of …" phrases do not count.
- Universal truths keep the present tense in indirect speech.
- Indirect questions use statement order with no do.
- Pick the reporting verb that matches the force of the original (ordered, requested, exclaimed).
- Transformation keeps meaning exactly: only the form changes.
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Grammar II 6 questions in the paper · 12 min read
The syllabus asks for
- Basic grammatical patterns and structures, conditional sentences
- Parts of speech, active and passive voice
- Verbals: infinitives, gerunds and participles
- Punctuation and use of prepositions
- Vocabulary
- Idiomatic expressions
Key points
- Match the conditional to the real or unreal time: present, future, past.
- The passive is be + past participle; progressive passives use being.
- A preposition is followed by a gerund, never a bare infinitive.
- Learn adjective–preposition and verb–preposition pairs as collocations.
- A comma cannot join two main clauses by itself.
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Phonetics 2 questions in the paper · 7 min read
The syllabus asks for
- Phonemes (vowels and consonants)
- Syllables and stress (word and sentence)
Key points
- English has 44 phonemes in RP; a silent letter adds no sound.
- Words ending in -tion, -ic, -ity stress the preceding syllable.
- Two-syllable nouns take first-syllable stress, verbs second.
- Weak function words reduce to schwa; content words carry sentence stress.
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Comprehension 4 questions in the paper · 10 min read
The syllabus asks for
- Comprehension of reading passages: General and Technical English
Key points
- Read the questions first; answer only from the passage.
- The best title and main idea cover the whole passage.
- Vocabulary questions are settled by context.
- Technical passages: watch for numbers, definitions and cause–effect links.
- NOT/EXCEPT questions: three options are in the text, the fourth is not.
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