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Army Clerk Test English Syllabus
Every chapter and topic of English examined in Army Clerk Test — 6 chapters, 23 topics, plus 50 flashcards written against it.
English syllabus — full chapter and topic list
Expand any chapter to see its topics and sub-topics. This is the whole examinable outline for English in Army Clerk Test, not a summary of it.
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Parts of Speech
5 topics- Nouns and Pronouns
- Verbs and Adverbs
- Adjectives
- Prepositions and Conjunctions
- Articles
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Tenses
4 topics- Present Tense
- Past Tense
- Future Tense
- Subject-Verb Agreement
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Vocabulary
4 topics- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Spellings
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Sentence Correction
4 topics- Common Grammatical Errors
- Punctuation
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Active and Passive Voice
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Idioms and Phrases
3 topics- Common Idioms
- Phrasal Verbs
- Proverbs
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Comprehension and Translation
3 topics- Reading Comprehension Passages
- Urdu to English Translation
- English to Urdu Translation
English flashcards for Army Clerk Test
23 of 50 cards from the English deck — real questions with worked answers.
What is a noun?
A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, animal, or idea (e.g., boy, Lahore, table, honesty).
Name the main kinds of nouns with an example of each.
Proper (Ali), Common (city), Collective (army), Material (gold), and Abstract (bravery).
What is a collective noun? Give two examples.
A noun that names a group taken as one whole, e.g., team, army, flock, herd, crowd.
What is an abstract noun? Give an example.
A noun naming a quality, state, or idea that cannot be seen or touched, e.g., honesty, freedom, courage.
What is a pronoun?
A word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition, e.g., he, she, it, they, we, you, I.
List the personal pronouns in the subjective case.
I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
Give the possessive pronouns.
Mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
What are reflexive pronouns? Give two examples.
Pronouns ending in -self/-selves that refer back to the subject, e.g., myself, himself, themselves.
What is a verb?
A word that expresses an action or a state of being, e.g., run, eat, is, become.
What is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?
A transitive verb needs an object (She wrote a letter); an intransitive verb does not (He sleeps).
What is a helping (auxiliary) verb? Give examples.
A verb that supports the main verb, e.g., is, am, are, was, were, has, have, do, will, shall.
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, telling how, when, where, or to what extent, e.g., quickly, very, here.
Name the main kinds of adverbs.
Adverbs of manner, time, place, frequency, and degree.
How are most adverbs of manner formed?
By adding -ly to an adjective, e.g., quick to quickly, happy to happily.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes or qualifies a noun or pronoun, e.g., tall, blue, three, beautiful.
What are the three degrees of comparison of adjectives?
Positive (tall), Comparative (taller), and Superlative (tallest).
Give the comparative and superlative of 'good' and 'bad'.
Good: better, best. Bad: worse, worst.
How do you form the comparative/superlative of long adjectives like 'beautiful'?
Use 'more' and 'most': more beautiful, most beautiful.
What is a preposition?
A word placed before a noun or pronoun to show its relation to another word, e.g., in, on, at, under, between.
Which prepositions of time are used with: a point of time, a day, a month/year?
'at' for a point (at 5 pm), 'on' for a day (on Monday), 'in' for a month/year (in June, in 2020).
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins words, phrases, or clauses, e.g., and, but, or, because, although.
What are the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.
What is the difference between a coordinating and a subordinating conjunction?
Coordinating conjunctions join equal parts (and, but); subordinating conjunctions join a dependent clause to a main clause (because, although, if).
Planning English for Army Clerk Test
English is about 16% of the Army Clerk Test syllabus by topic count — 23 of 143 topics, spread over 6 chapters. At roughly 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, a first pass runs to about 15 hours.
The heaviest chapters are Parts of Speech (5 topics), Tenses (4 topics), Vocabulary (4 topics) . Front-load those while your energy is high; the short chapters are better revision filler later.
Work top-down: read the chapter, then tick topics off individually rather than marking the whole chapter done. Sub-topics are where silent gaps hide.
English (Army Clerk Test) FAQ
What is in the Army Clerk Test English syllabus?
English is split into 6 chapters — Parts of Speech, Tenses, Vocabulary, Sentence Correction, Idioms and Phrases and Comprehension and Translation, containing 23 topics and 0 sub-topics in total.
How many chapters are there in English for Army Clerk Test?
6 chapters. English accounts for about 16% of the topics in the whole Army Clerk Test syllabus (23 of 143).
How long should I spend on English for Army Clerk Test?
Budget around 15 hours for a first pass through English — about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic across its 23 topics. Add revision cycles on top.
Are there flashcards for Army Clerk Test English?
Yes — a 50-card English deck. Sample cards are printed on this page, and the full deck is free in the Examius app with spaced repetition scheduling.