KVS Recruitment (PGT/TGT/PRT) General English Syllabus

General English syllabus — full chapter and topic list

Expand any chapter to see its topics and sub-topics. This is the whole examinable outline for General English in KVS Recruitment (PGT/TGT/PRT), not a summary of it.

1. 1

   Grammar and Usage

   4 topics

   • Parts of Speech
     • Nouns, pronouns and their cases
     • Verbs, tenses and aspect
     • Adjectives and adverbs of degree
     • Prepositions and conjunctions
   • Sentence Structure and Transformation
     • Subject-verb agreement (concord)
     • Active and passive voice
     • Direct and indirect (reported) speech
     • Simple, compound and complex sentences
   • Common Errors and Correction
     • Spotting grammatical errors
     • Sentence improvement
     • Misuse of articles and modifiers
   • Conditionals and Clauses
     • Zero, first, second and third conditionals
     • Relative, noun and adverbial clauses
2. 2

   Vocabulary

   3 topics

   • Word Power
     • Synonyms and antonyms
     • One-word substitution
     • Homophones and homonyms
   • Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
     • Common idioms and their meanings
     • Phrasal verbs in context
   • Word Formation
     • Prefixes, suffixes and roots
     • Spelling rules and commonly misspelt words
3. 3

   Comprehension and Composition

   3 topics

   • Reading Comprehension
     • Unseen passages and inference
     • Main idea, tone and purpose
     • Vocabulary in context
   • Cloze Test
     • Contextual gap filling
     • Discourse markers and cohesion
   • Para Jumbles
     • Rearranging sentences logically

General English flashcards for KVS Recruitment (PGT/TGT/PRT)

20 of 50 cards from the General English deck — real questions with worked answers.

1. What are the eight traditional parts of speech in English?

   Noun, Pronoun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, and Interjection.

2. What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?

   A common noun names a general class of person, place, or thing (e.g., city, teacher) and is not capitalized; a proper noun names a specific one (e.g., Delhi, Mr. Sharma) and is always capitalized.

3. What is the difference between a gerund and a participle?

   Both are formed from verbs with -ing, but a gerund functions as a noun (Swimming is healthy), while a present participle functions as an adjective or part of a continuous verb (the swimming pool; she is swimming).

4. What are the three degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs?

   Positive (tall), Comparative (taller / more careful, used for two things), and Superlative (tallest / most careful, used for three or more).

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

   A transitive verb takes a direct object (She wrote a letter); an intransitive verb does not take an object (The baby slept).

6. What is the difference between the relative pronouns 'who', 'whom', and 'whose'?

   'Who' is the subject form, 'whom' is the object form, and 'whose' shows possession (The man who called; the man whom I called; the man whose car broke down).

7. What are the four main structural types of sentences in English?

   Simple (one independent clause), Compound (two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinator), Complex (one independent + at least one dependent clause), and Compound-Complex (two or more independent clauses + at least one dependent clause).

8. What is the difference between an independent (main) clause and a dependent (subordinate) clause?

   An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence; a dependent clause has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone and begins with a subordinating word (e.g., because, although, that).

9. How do you transform a sentence from active voice to passive voice?

   Move the object to the subject position, use the appropriate form of 'be' + past participle of the main verb, and place the original subject after 'by' (Active: Ram ate the mango → Passive: The mango was eaten by Ram).

10. How is an affirmative sentence with 'too...to' transformed using 'so...that'?

    'too + adjective + to + verb' becomes 'so + adjective + that + subject + cannot/could not' (He is too weak to walk → He is so weak that he cannot walk).

11. How do you transform an exclamatory sentence into an assertive sentence? Give the structure.

    Replace 'What a / How' with 'very/great' and end with a full stop, restructuring as a statement (What a beautiful flower it is! → It is a very beautiful flower).

12. How is direct speech converted to indirect speech for a present-tense reporting verb vs. a past-tense reporting verb?

    With a present/future reporting verb the tense of the reported clause stays unchanged; with a past reporting verb the reported tense usually shifts back one step (present→past, past→past perfect, will→would).

13. In sentence improvement, why is 'One of the students have passed' incorrect?

    'One of the + plural noun' takes a singular verb because the subject is 'one', so it must be 'One of the students has passed'.

14. What is the subject-verb agreement rule for subjects joined by 'either...or' / 'neither...nor'?

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

15. Identify the error: 'He is junior than me.' What is the correct form?

    Latin-origin comparatives (junior, senior, superior, inferior, prior) take 'to', not 'than', and the pronoun should be objective: 'He is junior to me.'

16. What is wrong with 'I am having two brothers'?

    'Have' in the sense of possession is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous form; it should be 'I have two brothers.'

17. Correct the error in 'The scenery of Kashmir are beautiful.'

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

18. Why is 'Each of the boys were given a prize' incorrect?

    'Each', 'every', 'either', 'neither', and 'none (of)' are treated as singular, so it must be 'Each of the boys was given a prize.'

19. What are the structures of the four main types of conditional sentences (zero, first, second, third)?

    Zero: If + present simple, present simple (general truths). First: If + present simple, will + base verb (real future). Second: If + past simple, would + base verb (unreal present). Third: If + past perfect, would have + past participle (unreal past).

20. What is a mixed conditional and give an example?

    It combines clauses from different conditional types, usually a past condition with a present result: 'If I had studied medicine (past), I would be a doctor now (present).'

See more General English flashcards →

Planning General English for KVS Recruitment (PGT/TGT/PRT)

General English (KVS Recruitment (PGT/TGT/PRT)) FAQ