PEV102- VERBAL ABILITY II

LECTURE 0
 Objective

• To crack the verbal

ability tests of the
placement companies

• To build the speed of

solving the verbal
ability section in the
placement tests
 Course Details
LTP 1-2-0
L – Lecture T – Tutorial P – Practical /Workshop

Skillset Addressed – LSRW Study Material

Lecture – L, S, R, W (Listening, Speaking, Reading,  The reading resources will be

Writing) shared with the students.

Tutorial – L, S, R, W (Listening, Speaking, Reading,  Ample of worksheets for

Writing) regular practice.
 Course Assessment Model

Marks break up*

Class participation 15
CA (4 out of 4 tasks) 30
MTE 15
ETE 40
Total 100
 The Exam Mode

MTE – OMR Based

 UNIT 1 Unit II Unit III

ETE – OMR + Written

 All 6 units
 Course content for MTE
Unit 1
 Subject- Verb agreement : subject, verbs, singular and plural nouns and
verbs, rules of subject-verb agreement
 Sentence correction : modifiers, parallelism, pronoun-antecedent error,
verb-time sequence error, comparison error
Unit 2
 Sentence completion : types of questions- single and double blanks,
eliminating options using verbal clues
 Active Passive Voice : active and passive voice, conversion of one voice to
another
Unit 3
 Para-jumbles : types of Para-Jumbles- fixed and moving para-jumbles,
verbal clues to solve para-jumbles, logical clues to solve para-jumbles
 Narration : direct and indirect speech, conversion of one speech to another
 Course content for ETE
Unit 4
 Critical Reasoning : concepts - premise, assumption, conclusion,
strengthening statement, weakening statement, types and patterns of
questions, indicators to identify basic concepts of critical reasoning
 Email writing : parts of an email - writing a subject, salutation, body of
the email, dos and donts
Unit 5
 Reading Comprehension : techniques for smart reading -skimming,
scanning and summarizing, types of question
 Essay Writing : writing an introduction, logical sequencing of ideas,
generating points or supporting ideas and examples. concluding the Essay
Unit 6
 Analogy : analogy questions, pattern of questions, common trick questions,
eliminating options in analogy
 Miscellaneous Exercises : combined exercises
 Students’ Role
Always communicate in English with your friends and in other
classes too
Be enthusiastic in participating in classroom activities
Actively participate in solving worksheets
‘Brevity is the soul of wit’, so try to convey your ideas in few
words
Utilize accurate vocabulary while communicating for better
emphasis
Ask volley of questions whenever there arise a doubt in your
mind
Reading enhances speaking, so make the habit of reading
newspapers and for current affairs
Let’s begin!