English Section Study Plan for Major Banking Exams

With lots of banking exams coming your way including SBI Clerk, SBI PO and IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk etc. we are trying different ways to make your exam preparation easy. All these exams notifications will surely create a buzz among aspirants and they will start filling up the application forms once these notifications will come. However, those who wish to clear the IBPS Clerk exam this year may have already started with the preparation as IBPS Clerk 2023 notification is already out and soon SBI PO will also release their recruitment notification for this year. Those who have already kick started their preparation must take IBPS Clerk Prelims free mock test for an insightful guidance. In order to make your exam preparation easy, we have come up with a basic English Section Study Plan for Major Banking Exams. This will be valid for all major banking exams.

Generally, if we see the exam pattern of major banking and insurance exams, English language section is one common section other than Numerical Ability and Reasoning. So, we have come up with a basic study plan or you can say a preparation strategy to this common section for all major banking, government and insurance exams. This English section study plan will guide on what should be the approach to handle this particular section in the exam.

This article is a one stop solution for all your English section related concerns and queries. It shall help you prepare better for all other major upcoming banking and insurance exams.

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English Section Study Plan for Major Banking Exams

Let’s talk about the basic common topics first. Mentioned below a 20-day Study plan specifically for the English section.

Day	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3
Day 1	Take IBPS Clerk Prelims free mock test	Brush up Basic Grammar Rules	Add few words in your Vocabulary list
Day 2	Correct usage of words	Practice Sentence Improvement	Learn tips & tricks of Sentence Improvement
Day 3	Sentence Correction	Vocabulary	Rearrangement of Sentence
Day 4	Practice English topic wise quizzes	Reading Comprehension	Vocabulary
Day 5	Cloze Test	Vocabulary	Reading Comprehension
Day 6	Grammar Basics	Sentence Connectors	Vocabulary
Day 7	Practice Reading Comprehension	Error Spotting	Cloze Test + Vocabulary
Day 8	Sentence Correction + Vocabulary	Practice English topic wise quizzes	Cloze Test
Day 9	Fillers + Vocabulary	Para Jumbles	Reading Comprehension + Cloze Test
Day 10	Reading Comprehension + Vocabulary	Sentence Corrections	Fillers Practice + Cloze Test
Day 11	Practice English topic wise quizzes	Practice Cloze Test	Vocabulary +Reading Comprehension
Day 12	Take RC Topic Test	Vocabulary	Revise Sentence Correction
Day 13	RC + Cloze Test Practice	Para Jumbles	Take English sectional test
Day 14	Revise Vocabulary words done till now	Practice Cloze Test	Sentence Corrections
Day 15	Practice Reading Comprehension	Practice English topic wise quizzes	Revise basic grammar rules
Day 16	Fillers + Vocabulary	Learn more Vocab words	Practice RC + Cloze Test
Day 17	Take Full Mock Test & Analyze	Reading Comprehension	Fillers
Day 18	Vocabulary	Para Jumbles	Reading Comprehension
Day 19	Revise all vocab words done till now	Revise basic grammar rules	Practice English topic wise quizzes
Day 20	Relax & revise all the concepts learned till now

Practice free English quizzes & mini mocks

This study plan is specifically crafted for the English language section and it is being created keeping in mind that the candidates will have to start from the basics. If preparing for IBPS Clerk Prelims and other banking exams then this basic English section study plan will be very helpful to you. The above-mentioned English study plan can be tweaked according to a candidate’s weak and strong areas and can be adjusted along with other sections too.  

This is just an overview as how a proper study plan specifically for English section can be drafted, however each and every section is to be prepared well in detail in order to master the topics.

Basic English Section Preparation Tips

Though, as mentioned above that each and every topic is to be covered well in detail, here are few basic preparation tips for the English language section for major banking and insurance exams.

• A regular check is to be kept on the grammar rules and try to apply the rules as much as possible.
• Error spotting and Phrase replacement are usually asked when it comes to grammar rules.
• For reading comprehension, try and understand the main components of the passage. Try to understand its tone and pattern.
• Vocabulary is not built overnight thus; you have to make constant efforts to keep learning new words. Take help from our regularly updated vocabulary articles.
• Learn new words daily along with their meanings, synonyms and antonyms.
• For para jumbles practice more and more such questions of this sort.
• Learn and practice how to structure a sentence to make a flawless meaning. Grammar rules will help you while solving a Cloze Test.
• Last but not the least, practice as many mock tests as possible.

This is all from us in this blog. We hope this article will help aspirants in order to score better as far as English section is concerned in all major banking and insurance exams.