in english grammer what are the topics in which special attention is to be paid?
English examination syllabus in following topics :
Comprehension Passage
Subject-Verb Agreement
Conditionals
Non-Finite
Noun
Pronoun
Articles
Conjunction
Adjective and Determinants
Adverb
Transformation of Sentences
Active Passive Voice
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u need to pay everything equal attention
Well, in a nutshell the English section is broken down in 4 major sub-topics which CLAT had been asking questions from previously vis-a-vis
- RC ( reading comprehension )
- Grammar ( SVA/ Modifiers/ Phrasal verbs/ Prepositions etc)
- Para Jumbles( a paragraph has to be re-arranged)
- Vocabulary based ( synonyms/antonyms, spelling corrections/ foreign words/ Latin legal words etc)
To prepare and master these topics the focus should be given on every single one of them.
Starting with Vocabulary ( because the word lists is exhaustive and Vowels within them are confusing and challenging to remember.) So Latin/ Greek Root words should be focused to learn more and more words starting / ending with same roots. Build your personal arsenal of words.
Grammar generally focuses on basic understanding of Subject verb agreement (SVA) rules, the concepts of parallelism and modifiers in clauses or phrases and their guidelines of usage, prepositions etc which can be easily prepared from Wren and Martin grammar book. ( link attached hereby: http://fi.gb.pgstatic.net/attach... )
The Reading Comprehension section can be mastered by Eclectic reading techniques of glimpsing the questions prior to reading the lengthy paragraphs. Also, vivid variety of themes/ content type ( ex. sports, history, recent scientific/ tech. researches etc.) should be read in order to understand the style(s) of paragraphs CLAT asks. A good source of content reading can be : Aeon Essays (this contains a world of knowledge plus stimulates intellect:but remember it's just a good read,not a practise tool.)
My advice to my students regarding this section is to first eliminate the vague or ornamental options and then to go back to the content/ paragraph from where the question is asked to verify the veracity of remaining options and mark the correct one.
The last topic to be carefully worked on is Parajumbles where any student should quit the un-healthy habit of glimpsing the options first and then guessing the correct option. A student must, instead, first always try to find the “obvious openers” ( which is generally the neutral toned sentence that introduces our topic/ primary subject of content) and post this he/she should take the help of given options to re-arrange the flow of the paragraph.)
