AP ECET 2023 Syllabus for Communicative English

COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH ( FOR B.SC. GRADUATES)

Name of the Item Components Total Marks
1. GRAMMAR Articles
Prepositions
Tenses
Active and Passive Voice
Concord
Question Tags 10

2. VOCABULARY Synonyms
Antonyms
One word Substitutes
Affixes
Homophones
Words often confused 10

3. ERROR ANALYSIS Spotting Errors
(Includes all the components mentioned in this syllabus)

Sentence Improvement 10

4. USAGE Idioms
Phrasal verbs 5

5. READING Main idea
COMPREHENSION Factual question
Inferential
Vocabulary 5

6. REARRANGEMENT Jumbled parts of a sentence to be rearranged ( Tests
OF PARTS IN understanding of relation between form and function) 5
SENTENCES

7. FUNCTIONAL Requesting
ENGLISH Complaining
Seeking Permission
Apologising
Suggesting 5
Total 50

Annexure III

Communicative English (50 Questions of this type)

Table showing the various components of language items tested with weight age of marks

Total
Name of the item Components No. of Questions Marks Sample
Marks
Articles 2 2 I want to buy ......... a) lap top
1) a 2 ) an 3) the 4) none of the above

1. GRAMMAR 10
Prepositions 2 2 Will you please sit ________ me?
1) beside 2) by 3) besides 4) between
Tenses 2 2 I _________ since morning.
1) Am working 2) was working
3) worked 4) have been working
Active and Passive Voice 1 1 It _______ to hold a meeting in the office today.
1) Is proposed 2) proposed 3) they
proposed 4) is proposing
Concord 2 2 Each of the boys _______ for the game show.
1) Were called 2) was called 3) were
calling 4) are call
Question Tags 1 1 Farmers work on land to produce food for us,
________
1) Isn’t it? 2) doesn’t it? 3) weren’t they?
4) don’t they?
Synonyms 2 2 Examine
1) Check 2) cheque 3) exact 4) disclose
Antonyms 2 2 Analyse
1) Synthesise 2) co ordinate 3) organise
10 4) concise
2. VOCABULARY
One word Substitutes 2 2 One who is recovering from illness
1) Sickness 2) convalescent 3) conduit
4) ill-free

Affixes 1 1 ...relevant

1) Un 2) dis 3) mis 4) ir
Homophones 1 1 ________ is today’s newspaper.
1) Hear 2) her 3) heir 4) here
Words often confused 2 2 I invited everyone ____ Rahim to the party.
1) Accept 2) except 3) exempt
4) extinct
3. ERROR ANALYSIS Spotting Errors 5 5 The father / along with his son were found /missing
(Includes all the components A B C
mentioned in this syllabus) 10 from the party/ held at the Function hall.
D
Which part of the sentence contain error?
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Sentence Improvement 5 5 Being a Sunday, I stayed at home.
1) I am being the Sunday 2) It being a
Sunday 3) When being the Sunday
4) On being a Sunday
4. USAGE Idioms 2 2
Phrasal verbs 3 3 5 The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to
them.
1)hell bent on getting 2)hell bent for getting
3)hell bent upon getting 4) No improvement
5. READING Main idea 1 A passage of suitable level of difficulty may be
COMPREHENSION Factual question 2 given to test comprehension skills.
Inferential 1 5 5
Vocabulary 1
6. Jumbled parts of a sentence to be tomorrow? / to come with us/ to have dinner
REARRANGEMENT rearranged ( Tests understanding 5 5 5 A B C
OF PARTS IN of relation between form and /Would you like
SENTENCES function) D
1) ACDB
2) CDBA
3) DCBA
4) DBCA

7. FUNCTIONAL Requesting 1 A: May I leave the room now Madam?
ENGLISH Complaining 1 B: Yes you may.
Seeking Permission 1 1) Requesting
Apologising 1 5 5 2) Seeking permission
Suggesting 1 3) Apologising
4) Commanding
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