Grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension are the three fundamental building blocks of the English subject. In order to prepare for this subject, you will have an advantage by focusing on these 3 basic issues.
Here are some important SSC CGL preparation suggestions for English for 2022:
- Start reading the newspaper every day, paying close attention to the editorials. Make a list of the keywords you come across and try looking up their synonyms and antonyms.
- Regularly practice the Cloze and Reading Comprehension tests.
- To have a good idea of the exam pattern, solve SSC CGL previous year’s questions.
- Work on grammar basics because more than half of the exam’s questions will be grammar-based.
- Use the option elimination strategy to make a clear distinction while analysing the provided options in the question paper’s answer.
- Finding the article’s tone may help you understand its main points and find the answers to the questions more quickly when you are reading comprehension.
Recommended English Preparation Books
- Objective General English (Author – SP Bakshi)
- Quick Learning Objective General English (Author – RS Aggarwal & Vikas Aggarwal)
- Objective English for Competitive Examinations (Author – H M Prasad)
- How to Prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (Author – Arun Sharma)
- High School English Grammar and Composition (Author – Wren & Martin)
- Perfect Competitive English (Author – V.K. Sinha)
- Word Power Made Easy (Author – Norman Lewis)
- Competitive General English (Author – Kiran Prakashan)