English Language
English Language
This domain checks standard written English through reading comprehension, cloze test, error detection, sentence improvement, para jumbles, fillers, synonyms/antonyms and idioms. Answers are decided by grammar rules and by evidence inside the passage, not by what "sounds right" in isolation.
Core rules
- Subject-verb agreement: "one of" takes a plural noun but a singular verb (one of my friends is). Each, every, either and neither are singular.
- Reading comprehension: every answer needs a supporting line. Inference is permitted one step from the text, not two.
- Para jumbles: find the opening sentence (no opening pronoun, no connector), then follow pronouns and connectors such as this, hence, however.
- Cloze test: read the whole paragraph first; grammar (article, preposition, tense) often removes three options before meaning is considered.
- Error detection: check the sentence once for agreement, once for tense and once for prepositions.
Worked example
"One of my friend are coming today."
Error 1: "one of" must be followed by a plural noun, so friend becomes friends. Error 2: the true subject is one, which is singular, so are becomes is. Correct sentence: "One of my friends is coming today."
Traps that cost marks
- In error spotting, assuming a sentence contains only one error when two are planted.
- In comprehension, choosing an option that repeats passage vocabulary but distorts the claim.
- Ignoring negatives and limiting words such as not, except and only in the question stem.
- Picking a synonym that is correct in meaning but wrong in register or collocation.
- In para jumbles, fixing a middle sentence first and forcing the rest around it.