Essential English For Competitive Examinations - 2nd Edition

Disha’s ESSENTIAL ENGLISH, true to its name, covers every essential topic and every essential type and pattern of MCQs asked in various competitive examinations conducted in India. It will serve as a SINGULAR VOLUME to provide complete preparation for scoring high in the English section of any competitive exam.

PART A – GRAMMAR (With Extensive Exam Pattern Exercises)

Segment 1:

1. Verb

2. Noun

3. Pronoun

4. Subject-Verb Agreement

Segment 2:

5. Modals

6. Articles, Quantifiers and other Determiners

7. Adjective

8. Adverb

Segment 3:

9. Non-finite Verbs/ Verbals

10. Tense

11. Question Tags

12. Voice

Segment 4

13. Preposition

14. Punctuation & Contraction

15. Narration/Speech

16. Conjunction

Segment 5:

17. Phrases, Clauses & Clause Analysis

18. Sentences

19. Synthesis of Sentences

20. Transformation of Sentences

PART B – VERBAL APTITUDE (With Extensive Word Banks and MCQs)

Segment 6

21. Word Association: Similar and Opposite Words

22. Verbal Analogy and Words with Multiple Meanings

23. Phrasal Verbs

24. Idioms & Phrases

25. Spelling

26. One Word Substitution

Segment 7

27. Word Fillers

28. Cloze Test

29. Sentence Connectors

30. Sentence Correction/Improvement

31. Spotting Errors

PART C – RC AND PARAJUMBLES (Extensive MCQs with Answers & Explanations)

Segment 8

32. Para jumbles and Sentence Rearrangement

33. Odd Sentence Out

34. Paragraph Completion

Segment 9

35. General Comprehension

36. Logical & Critical Reasoning based Reading Comprehension

37. Summary/Theme/Main idea of the Passage

PART D – Descriptive composition (With Samples & Solved Exercises)

Segment 10

38. Précis Writing

39. Letter Writing

40. Article/Essay Writing