Preparing for NET English

The portion in which most of the students lose their marks is English. So we decided to start the preparation session from the English portion.

Type of Questions which can be asked in the English portion:

1. Synonyms
2. Antonyms
3. Analogy
4. Correct spellings
5. Sentence Completion
6. Sentence Correction
7. Comprehension

All of them might not be covered in a single test. As you guys know the test will be held in multiple sessions so on one day 5 or 6 portions might be covered.

Now the question arises from where to prepare for these portions.

Let us consider them one by one:

Synonyms and Antonyms:

                                               I am dealing with Entry test stuff since last three years and I analyzed the papers of all these years.

One thing about the Nust Entrance Test which I noted is that Questions repeat, especially in the portion of English. Secondly there is some defined syllabus which they people have got from which they prepare the tests or rather it’s better to say they used to prepare in last three years as I have no idea about this year. Synonyms and Antonyms which were in the tests were either from the Novel “Mr. chips“ which is taught to FSc level in Punjab Board or from SAT. SAT can also be replaced by the book of Kips, the book which is provided to students of pre engineering. In that book they have added the words from SAT but these are less in number and many of them were in the test. So if anyone wished to prepare from Vocabulary, prepare it from above mentioned sources. We prepared a list of all possible words from Mr.Chips. 

Here it is: Vocabulary list of Mr. Chips.

Moreover we prepared the list of some words which were included in NET-1 and NET-2 2013. Words which were in NET-2011 and NET-2012 were also added in NET-2013, so one can expect to have the words of NET-2011, NET-2012 and NET-2013 in NET-2014. Here is the list of words which we collected along with their meanings. Prepare them. We’ll arrange an online test from these words on 2nd of December In Sha Allah. Be prepared.

Here are the links:

NET-1 word list

NET-2 word list

Correct Spellings:

                                  This portion does not require as such preparation, if you are preparing for other portions this portion will be prepared as well. It just requires exposure to words. If you are good at English vocabulary you will most likely get all the questions correct from this portion. A list of words which were in NET-1 and NET-2 2013 for spelling correction will soon be uploaded.

Sentence Completion and Sentence Correction:

                                                                                 You must be good at English Grammar in order to perform well in these two sections. The questions can be related to different positions like in correction there can be error in any part of speech. So you need to know the rules of grammar in order to go score well. You can use any book to prepare grammar. However, here’s a book recommended by a student of MBBS, “English Grammar and Composition By Wren and Martin”.
You can get the book from here: Grammar

Comprehension:

                              In order perform well in this section you need practice. Practice comprehension passages from the web. You can also use the SAT book in this regard. A website from where you can practice the comprehension is:
Practice comprehension
On the above link questions are harder than those given in NET, so do not worry if you are not able to get them correct on the first attempt. Correct answers with explanations are shown once you attempt the question.

Analogy:

                 Many of the students face problem in this section and many are unaware of this term, so we decided to explain this topic in detail in a separate post. That post will be available soon. If anyone of you is in hurry he can read about this topic and practice questions from it from the web.
Here is the post related to analogy: Analogy

Hope this post will help you people. In case of any confusion feel free to ask :)

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The number of MCQs in English portion for different fields are available here: Details