INC CET / BSc Nursing Entrance General English and Comprehension Syllabus

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1. 1

   Grammar and Usage

   3 topics

   • Parts of Speech
     • Nouns, pronouns and articles
     • Verbs, adverbs and adjectives
     • Prepositions and conjunctions
   • Sentence Structure
     • Tenses and their correct usage
     • Subject-verb agreement
     • Active and passive voice
     • Direct and indirect speech
   • Common Errors
     • Spotting grammatical errors
     • Sentence correction
2. 2

   Vocabulary

   3 topics

   • Word Meanings
     • Synonyms and antonyms
     • One-word substitutions
   • Idioms and Phrases
     • Common English idioms
     • Phrasal verbs
   • Word Formation
     • Spelling and homophones
     • Prefixes and suffixes
3. 3

   Comprehension and Composition

   3 topics

   • Reading Comprehension
     • Inference and main idea
     • Vocabulary in context
   • Sentence Rearrangement
     • Para jumbles
     • Fill in the blanks
   • Cloze Test
     • Contextual word selection

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1. What is a 'part of speech', and how many main parts of speech are there in English?

   A part of speech is the grammatical category a word belongs to based on its function in a sentence. There are 8 main parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

2. Define a noun and name its main types.

   A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Main types: proper, common, collective, abstract, concrete, countable, and uncountable nouns.

3. What is a pronoun? Give the main classes of pronouns.

   A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. Main classes: personal, possessive, reflexive, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, indefinite, and reciprocal pronouns.

4. What is the difference between a transitive and an intransitive verb?

   A transitive verb takes a direct object (e.g., 'She reads a book'), whereas an intransitive verb does not take an object (e.g., 'He sleeps').

5. What is the function of an adjective, and what are the degrees of comparison?

   An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Its three degrees of comparison are positive (tall), comparative (taller), and superlative (tallest).

6. What does an adverb modify, and what are its main kinds?

   An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Main kinds: adverbs of manner, time, place, frequency, and degree.

7. What is a preposition? Give three common examples.

   A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence (place, time, direction). Examples: in, on, at, under, between, by.

8. What is a conjunction, and what are the three types?

   A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses. Three types: coordinating (and, but, or), subordinating (because, although, if), and correlative (either...or, neither...nor).

9. What is an interjection? Give an example.

   An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses sudden emotion or feeling, usually followed by an exclamation mark. Examples: Wow! Alas! Oh! Hurrah!

10. What are the four main types of sentences according to function?

    Declarative (states a fact), interrogative (asks a question), imperative (gives a command/request), and exclamatory (expresses strong emotion).

11. What are the four types of sentence structure based on clauses?

    Simple (one independent clause), compound (two or more independent clauses), complex (one independent + one or more dependent clauses), and compound-complex (multiple independent + at least one dependent clause).

12. What are the two essential parts of a sentence?

    The subject (who or what the sentence is about) and the predicate (what is said about the subject, containing the verb).

13. What is the difference between a phrase and a clause?

    A phrase is a group of words lacking a subject-verb combination, while a clause contains both a subject and a verb. A clause can be independent (complete thought) or dependent (incomplete).

14. What is subject-verb agreement?

    Subject-verb agreement is the rule that a verb must match its subject in number and person: singular subjects take singular verbs and plural subjects take plural verbs (e.g., 'He runs' / 'They run').

15. In subject-verb agreement, what verb form follows subjects joined by 'either...or' or 'neither...nor'?

    The verb agrees with the subject nearest to it (the proximity rule). Example: 'Neither the teacher nor the students were present.'

16. Identify and correct the error: 'One of my friend is a doctor.'

    Error: 'friend' should be plural after 'one of'. Correct: 'One of my friends is a doctor.'

17. What is the common error in 'He is junior than me' and how is it corrected?

    Words like junior, senior, superior, inferior, prior take 'to' not 'than'. Correct: 'He is junior to me.'

18. Identify the error: 'I have visited Delhi last year.'

    The present perfect ('have visited') cannot be used with a definite past time ('last year'). Correct: 'I visited Delhi last year.'

19. What is wrong with 'She is more cleverer than her sister'?

    It is a double comparative. Use either 'more clever' or 'cleverer', not both. Correct: 'She is cleverer than her sister.'

20. Identify the error: 'The scenery of Kashmir are beautiful.'

    'Scenery' is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb. Correct: 'The scenery of Kashmir is beautiful.'

21. What is the difference between 'fewer' and 'less'?

    'Fewer' is used with countable nouns (fewer books), while 'less' is used with uncountable nouns (less water).

22. What is the difference between 'stationary' and 'stationery'?

    'Stationary' (with an 'a') means not moving/fixed; 'stationery' (with an 'e') means writing materials such as paper and pens.

23. What does the word 'benevolent' mean?

    Benevolent means kind, generous, and wishing to do good to others.

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