General English for Competitive Examinations Banking Insurance SSC Exam Railway Defence & MBA Entrance Exam

Cover
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Section A : Exploring the World of Words
	Chapter 1 : Essential Words—Meaning and Their Usage
	Chapter 2 : Indispensable Synonyms and Antonyms
		Introduction
	Chapter 3 : Word Substitution
		Introduction
		Word Substitution
	Chapter 4 : Some Confusing Words
		Introduction
	Chapter 5 : Idioms and Phrases
	Chapter 6 : Spelling of Certain Words with Rules
		Words Commonly Mispelt
		Rules Governing Certain Words
	Chapter 7 : Unique Words
		Human Characterstics and Idiosyncrasies
		Words of Negativity
		Hitches and Glitches
		Crimes and Punishments
		Humbugs and Shams
	Chapter 8 : Words from Mythology and History
		Some More Mythological and Historical Words
		Stories Behind Words and Phrases from Mythology and History
		Words that Come from People’s Names
	Chapter 9 : Words for One and Many, Over and Above, etc.
		Words for One and Many, Over and Above, Before and After,Beginning and Ending
		Words for Over and Under
		Words for Beginning and Ending
		Words for Before and After
	Chapter 10 : Words for Up and Down, To and From
		Motions and Emotions
		Fluctuations and Vicissitudes
		Rise and Fall, Incoming and Outgoing, Moving and Wavering
	Chapter 11 : Hyphenated Words
	Chapter 12 : Words for Explaining Words
Section B : Drill Your Vocabulary Skill
	Chapter 13 : Synonyms
	Chapter 14 : Antonyms
	Chapter 15 : Idioms and Phrases
	Chapter 16 : One Word Substitution
Section C : Proficiency Tests
	Chapter 17 : Proficiency Tests—Synonyms
	Chapter 18 : Proficiency Tests—Antonyms
	Chapter 19 : Proficiency Tests—Idioms and Phrases
	Chapter 20 : Proficiency Tests—One Word Substitution
	Chapter 21 : Practice Tests—Spelling of Words
Section D : Framing and Usage of Words
	Chapter 22 : Framing the Form of Words
		Introducing the Various Forms of Words
		Do you know the Various Forms of Words?
		Keep Regurgitating to Learn the Framing of Words
		Form Nouns of the Following Verbs
		Form Nouns of the Following Adjectives
		Form Abstract Nouns of the Following
		Form Adjectives of the Following Nouns
		Form Adjectives of the Following Verbs
		Form Verbs of the Following Nouns
		Form Verbs of the Following Adjectives
		Adverbs from Adjectives
		Practice Exercises
	Chapter 23 : Usage of Words—Synonyms
	Chapter 24 : Usage of Words—Antonyms
Section E : Sentence Completion/Fillers
	Chapter 25 : Sentence Completion
Section F Common Errors
	Chapter 26 : Common Errors
		Errors in the use of Prepositions
		Errors in the use of Nouns
		More Common Errors in the use of Nouns and Noun Phrases
		Errors in the use of Pronouns
		More Errors in the use of Pronouns
		Errors in the use of Verbs
		More Errors in the use of Verbs
		Errors in the use of Adjectives
		More Errors in the use of Adjectives
		Errors in the use of Adverbs
		More Errors in the use of Adverbs
		Errors in the use of Conjunctions
Section G : Comprehension
	Chapter 27 : Comprehension—Prose
	Chapter 28 : Comprehension—Poetry
Section H Play with the Words
	Chapter 29 : Play with the Words
Section I : General English Usage
	Chapter 30 : Articles
		Introduction
		Usage of Articles
	Chapter 31 : Prepositions
		Introduction
		Some Important Prepositions
		Use of Prepositions
	Chapter 32 : Tenses
		Introduction
		Present Indefinite Tense(Simple Present)
		Present Continuous (Present Progressive)
		Present Perfect Tense
		Present Perfect Continuous Tense
		Past Indefinite Tense (Simple Past)
		Past Continuous(Past Progressive)
		Past Perfect Tense
		Past Perfect Continuous Tense
		Future Indefinite Tense(Simple Future)
		Future Continuous Tense
		Future Perfect Tense
		Future Perfect Continuous  Tense
	Chapter 33 : Voice
		Introduction
		Verb Patterns Passive Voice
		Table of Tenses in Active and Passive
		Objective Forms of Pronouns
		Voice Change of Assertive Sentences
		Imperative Sentences
		Passive Voice of Complex Sentences
		Simple Passive to Complex Passive
		Passive Voices with Different Prepositions
		Some Peculiarities in Voice
	Chapter 34 : Narration
		Introduction
		Interrogative Sentences
		Imperative Sentences
		Use of ‘LET’