The IBPS Clerk exam is going to be held in 2 months, and students have started their preparation aggressively. The majority of students will focus on quants and reasoning as they are a bit tricky and time-consuming sections. But along with this, you should give one-fourth of your daily preparation time to preparing English as well. If you’re someone whose English is not so proficient in english then devote more time to this section. English will be a game-changing factor in whether you make it up to the cutoff list or not. So, giving enough time and effort is equally important, and to help you with the same, in this blog, we are discussing how you should prepare English for IBPS Clerk Exam 2025 in 2 months.
IBPS Clerk Exam Pattern: Weightage of English Section
The English section has 30 questions of 30 marks with a time limit of 20 minutes for the Preliminary examination. Talking about the Mains Examination, there will be 40 questions of 40 marks with a time limit of 35 minutes. Another important thing to note is that there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks. In the analysis of previous year’s papers of the IBPS Clerk Exam done by our experts, we observed that an average student attempts 25-28 questions. So you can consider targeting 25-28 questions to be solved in the examination, in order to get good scores.
Most Important Topics of IBPS Clerk English
There are three major categories under the English section: grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Here is a list of must-prepare topics under the English section to score well in IBPS Clerk Exam-
Grammar
- Tenses
- Conditional Sentences
- Prepositions
- Phrasal Verbs
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Verb / Modal
- Adverb
- Articles
- Conjunctions
- Active and Passive Voice
- Narration (Direct/Indirect Speech)
- Parallelism
- Question Tags
Vocabulary
- Word Usage
- Idioms and Phrases
Reading Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension
- RCs based on Economics, Finance, and Banking, health, technology, etc.
- Story-Based Passages
Type of questions asked in IBPS Clerk English 2025
Based on the previous year’s paper analysis by our experts, here is a list of types of questions asked in IBPS Clerk English 2025. This will help you to give the right direction to your preparation. The difficulty level of questions is increased in the mains exam, which is also mentioned in the table below.
| Prelims | Mains |
| Reading Comprehension→ Easy (1) | Para jumbles mixed with fillers, sentence rearrangement, essays, and add-on out |
| Parajumbles / sentence rearrangement / Can be both | Para jumbles mixed with fillers, sentence rearrangement, essays, add-on out |
| Cloze Test→ One word to fill/replace | Cloze Test – mixed words, phrases, multiple words, word-swap, incorrect word |
| Match the Columns→ 2 columns with parts of a sentence | Match the columns→ 3 columns with connectors, columns with “fill in the blanks” |
| Error Detection→ 5 parts; 1 part with error | Error Detection→ 5 parts; error in 2 parts, number of errors, error in 1 part; tell correct parts; sentence correction |
| Incorrect word usage → Single SentenceOne word | Incorrect word usage → Multiple Sentences |
| Fill in the blanks→ 1 sentence, 1 or 2 blanks | Fill in the blanks→ 2 sentences; 2 blanks; more than one word fits, para completion |
Preparation Strategy for IBPS Clerk English 2025
Here is a complete step-by-step strategy to prepare English subject for IBPS Clerk 2025.
Prepare for Prelims and Mains together.
There are two categories of students: those who have attempted the exam before and those who are going to attempt the exam for the first time. No matter which category you fall into, your preparation should be done for both prelims and mains. If you’ve read the blog uptill here, we have mentioned the kind of questions that are asked in prelims as well as mains. When you are preparing by targeting the mains exam, you will prepare parajumbles along with word swap, which in turn helps you to prepare for prelims as well.
Read The Hindu Editorial Daily
Read the editorial section of The Hindu Newspaper daily. They are written the same way as reading comprehension is asked in the exam, particularly the mains section. In prelims, you can expect moderate-level English passages. So it will help you a lot by reading it daily and practicing the questions; you will become proficient, and during the examination, you will be able to solve it in less time.
Master Vocabulary through Repetition of Root Words
One of the most important things to do for mastering vocabulary is to learn root words and repeat them daily while reading something, not necessarily the editorial, anything you read, just locate the words wherever you see them.
Example of root words- Root Word – Mal – a Latin word, Meaning – bad or evil.
English words having the ‘mal’ root word –
- Malignment – defame something badly
- Malice – evil intention
Another important thing that comes under vocabulary is idioms and phrases, and one of the best ways to learn them is by making categories based on expression, colour, etc.
Example – idioms based on action and behaviour
accidentally on purpose(idiom and phrases)
If you do something intentionally, but pretend it was an accident, you do it accidentally on purpose.
“I accidentally-on-purpose erased his email address, so I couldn’t contact him again.”
add fuel to the flames(idiom and phrases)
If you add fuel to the flames, you do or say something that makes a difficult or unpleasant situation even worse.
“He forgot their wedding anniversary, and his apologies only added fuel to the flames.
Make a Daily ritual of practicing Reading Comprehension
Again, there is no shortcut other than rigorous practice to become a master in reading comprehension. Daily practice of reading is necessary to make yourself exam-ready. What to read and what not to read is the key to mastering the RCs. While solving RCs, you can apply various strategies and see what suits you well. For example, reading questions on the first basis and then reading the passage, or reading the passage first and then answering the questions.
Do practice good-level questions by giving a mock test
Master any technique, you require that level of questions, and to practice them regularly is another important factor for the same. So make sure you are practicing a good level of questions regularly. To practice questions, you can sign up for our mock test series, where we provide exam-level questions along with detailed analysis and solutions.
Conclusion
In this article, we have discussed in detail the IBPS Clerk English in 2 months, its detailed preparation strategy, along with the major important topics and the types of questions asked in Prelims and Mains as well. To prepare well for the exam, you can take our mock test series, where we provide one full-length mock test free of cost. Sign up now, only two months are left.
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