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Syllabus GRID
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| GRID | WEIGHTAGE |
| Vocabulary | 15-20 |
| Practical use of Grammar | 20-25 |
| Comprehension and Speed reading (General) | 10-15 |
| Total | 50 |
Course Outline
The course outline gives an overview of Syllabus of Functional English for Winter 2021. The detailed Syllabus of Functional English for Winter 2021 attempt is given below.
Vocabulary:
Meanings and application of vocabulary listed on:
a: “The Oxford 3000- Seventh Edition”,
and
b: Any other list as the Institute may provide at any time before the conduct of Examination.
Practical Use of Grammar:
- Parts of speech
- Rules of sentences
- Phrases and Idioms
- Tenses
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Active and Passive Voice
- Punctuation
Comprehension and Speed Reading (General):
- Comprehension
- Speed reading
Course Content:
Here is the detailed Syllabus of Functional English for Winter 2021.
An Introduction to English
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE – AN INTRODUCTION:
- The English Language
- Which version?
- Closing Comment
Introduction to Grammer:
- Parts of speech
- Sentences-An Introduction
- More about sentences
The Verb Phrase:
Introduction to verbs:
- What is a verb?
- Introduction to tenses
- Person
- form of verbs
Auxiliary verbs:
- Introduction to auxiliary verbs
- Primary auxiliary verbs-Be
- Primary auxiliary verbs- Have
- The verb do
- More auxiliary verbs
Tenses:
- Simple tenses
- Compound tenses introduced
- Perfect tenses
- Progressive tenses
- Perfect progressive tenses
- Future tenses
- Exceptions
The Noun Phrase:
Nouns:
- Nouns
- Common Nouns
- Countable and uncountable nouns
- Other types of nouns
- Genders of nouns
- Forming Plurals
- The Possessive case
Pronouns:
- Introduction
- Personal pronouns
- Possessive pronouns
- Reflexive pronouns
- Reciprocal pronouns
- Demonstrative pronouns
- Relative pronouns
- Interrogatives
- Indefinite pronouns
Other parts of speech:
Determiners:
- Introduction
- Definite article
- Indefinite article
- Demonstratives
- Possessives
- Quantifiers
- Numbers
- Distributives
- Interrogatives
- Order of determiners
Complements:
- Introduction
- Subject Complements
- Object Complements
Adjectives:
- Introduction to adjectives
- Forming adjectives
- Comparison
- Intensifiers and mitigator
- Order
adverbs:
- Types of adverbs
- Adverbs formation
- Possible adverbs for common verbs
- Comparison of adverbs
Prepositions:
- Introduction to prepositions
- Complex prepositions
- Verb/Prepositions combination
Conjunctions:
- Introduction
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Subordinating conjunctions
- Correlative conjunctions
Vocabulary:
A working vocabulary:
- Oxford 3000 wordlist
- Word Building
- Group of words from wordlist
Prefixes and Suffixes:
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
Synonyms and antonyms:
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
Word Confusion -Homonyms:
- Homonyms
- Further homonyms (list)
British English and American English:
- Different spelling
- Different words
Phrases and Idioms:
Figures of Speech:
- Introduction
- Other figures of speech
Simile and metaphor:
- Simile and metaphor explained
- List of similes
Idioms:
- Introduction
- List of idioms
Foreign Phrases:
- Introduction
- Foreign Phrases
Sentences:
Sentences-An introduction
- What is a sentence?
- Subject/Verb agreement
- Double negatives
- More on clauses
- Punctuation
- Classification of sentences
Types of Sentence-by structure
- Simple sentences
- Compound sentences
- Complex sentences
- Compound complex sentences
- Conditional sentences
Types of Sentence-by function
- Mood
- Declarative sentences
- Interrogative sentences
- Imperative sentences
- Exclamatory sentences
- Optative sentences
- Subjunctive sentences
Direct and indirect Speech
- Reported Speech
- Change in tense when indirect speech is used
- Change in model verbs when indirect speech is used
- Questions
- Requests, commands and advice
Voice
- Active and Passive voice
Comprehension and speed reading:
Comprehension
- Introduction
- Illustration
Speed Reading
- Speed reading – The concept
- Illustration
Recommendations:
The Syllabus of Functional English for Winter 2021 is long and requires hard work. The ICAP’s Study text alone may not be enough so follow the below mentioned guidelines too. These recommendations may be a deciding factor in your result.
As well as using the ICAP learning materials there are other things that you can do to help you become
proficient at English.
Listen to BBC programmes on the radio. BBC broadcasters all speak English very well. Listen in particular to the pronunciation and try to imitate it.
If you have access watch TV programmes on BBC World.
Read a good quality English language newspaper or news feeds on the internet.
Read English language novels.
Make use of the internet. There are many excellent websites that cover English grammar (a list of these is given next) but, avoid forum based websites where a student asks a question that is answered by someone else on the web. These often contain incorrect information.
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