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There are some definite rules which are frequently asked in Bank(IBPS, SBI) exams. This compilation containing list of the 20 major rules which are frequently asked in bank exams, has been prepared by the experts of EK. Each rule is supplemented with the previous years’ questions.
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🔘20 FREQUENTLY ASKED GRAMMAR RULES IN BANK( IBPS, SBI, RBI) EXAMS
1) RULE 1 – Perfect Participle
(Having + v3) Vs (Having been +v3)
(Having + v3) is used when it qualifies doer of the sentence while (Having been + v3) is used when it qualifies non-doer of the sentence.
Handy Tip – If the clause following the perfect participle is in the passive voice, we use having been+v3, otherwise having +v3.
Example
Having typed the letter, it was posted. ❌
Having typed the letter, I posted it. ✔️
Having been typed the letter, it was posted. ✔️
‘It was posted’ is in the passive voice, so we will use having been +v3. ‘I posted it’ is in the active voice so we will use having +v3.
Question asked in SBI PO 2017
Use ‘Prepare for ‘ instead of ‘preparing for’.
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2) RULE 2 – Parallelism
Parallelism is the use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same or similar in their construction, sound, and meaning.
Question asked in IBPS PO 2017
Q. While you played the video game, your wife were washing the clothes.
a) did play
b) playing
c) play
d) were playing
e) No correction is required
Solution : d
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Question asked in SBI PO 2017
Q. If the alarm goes off, the firecracker factory will be engulfed in fire
a) would be engulfed in
c) is engulfed in
d) was engulfed in
e) No correction required
Solution: c
As it’s a zero conditional sentence both the clauses will be in the simple present tense.
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a) No correction is needed
e) will be buying
Solution : b
5) RULE 5 – TYPE 2 CONDITIONAL
Type 2 conditional refers to a hypothetical situation and its probable result. In such a case, we use (would +infinitive) in the main clause and the simple past tense(were/had) in the subordinate clause(hypothetical part).
Question asked in IBPS PO 2016
Q. Unless the managers increased sales and revenues, we will have to shut down the office.
a) have to
e) no correction is required
Solution: c
It’s type 2 conditional
6) RULE 6 – Third conditional sentences
Third conditional sentences are used to explain that present circumstances would be different if something different had happened in the past.
We use (had +past participle) in if clause and (would+ have +past participle) in the main clause.
Question asked in SBI PO 2018
Q. If we had known you were sick, we will visit you in the hospital
a) would visit
b) were visiting
c) would have visited
d) would be visited
e) No correction is required
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7) RULE 7 – For a hypothesis about the present or future, we use would in the main clause and the past tense in a subordinate clause.
Question asked in SBI CLERK 2017
I would always help someone, If they really need it.
a) have needed
b) had needed
c) needed
d) would need
e) No correction is required
Solution: c
8) RULE 8 – When we use the verb ‘wish’ or the phrase ‘if only’ to talk about the things which we want but which are not be possible, we use past tense forms.
Example
I wish I can see you the next day. ❌
I wish I could see you the next day. ✔️
Question asked in SBI CLERK 2016
They wished their teacher has not given them the homework
a) have not
b) was not
c) had not
d) has not been
e) No correction is required
9) RULE 9 – We use past perfect continuous tense to describe an action that was in progress in the past before another past action/event occurred
Question asked in SBI CLERK 2016
They were living in Paris before he got a job in Amsterdam.
a) lived
b) have lived
c) had lived
d) had been living
e) No correction is required
Solution : d
10) RULE 10 – DANGLING PARTICIPLE
A participle is a verb-adjective.It should be related to a proper subject of the reference. If the subject is lacking or if a wrong subject is used, the sentence will not make any sense.
Question asked in SBI PO 2016
Staggering with exhaustion and weariness after their long day on the river, the boat was dragged into the shallows.
a) The rafters drag their boat
b) the boat had been dragged
c) The boats were dragged
d) The rafters dragged their boat
e) No correction is required
Solution : d
The sentence is wrong as it implies that the boat itself is staggering with exhaustion and weariness. It’s the case of dangling participle. The Participle is not related to the right subject as the right subject of reference, that is, ‘rafters’ is missing. So we will add rafters so that the sentence makes sense.
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11) RULE 11 – Adverb of time (always, never, ever, hardly, often, seldom etc) is used before the verbs that they modify. But if these come at the beginning of a sentence or if a sentence is introduced by an adverb, the sentence takes inversion form which means the verb/helping verb comes at the beginning of the sentence.
Seldom she goes there. ❌
Seldom does she go there.✔️
Hardly sheetal had reached the station when the train arrived. ❌
Hardly had sheetal reached the station when the train arrived. ✔️
Question asked in IBPS PO 2016
E. (e)
‘Hardly had she’ in place of ‘hardly sh had’.
12) RULE 12 – Adverbs of past time like yesterday, ago, last year/month, a short while ago, etc can’t be used with present perfect tense, it must be used with the simple past tense.
Question asked in IBPS PO 2018
I have seen Mr. Manoj in the Downtown Manhattan on my way to Newyork cafe yesterday, but I cast my eyes down and looked the other way
a) had seen
b) had been seen
c) saw
d) see
e) No correction is required
Solution : c
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13) RULE 13 – when the pronouns Each, Every, Neither, Either, Anyone, Many a (possessive adjective) are used as subject, the verb and the possessive case should be third person singular. They may refer to two or more than two objects or person.
Example
Each boy and each teacher is required to bring their luggage. ❌
Each boy and each teacher is required to bring his luggage. ✔️
Question asked in SBI PO 2019
People have the freedom (a)/ of speech and expression but at the (b)/ same time each of them (c)/ have to remember their fundamental duties (d )/ No error. (e)
Solution – The error is in d. ‘Has’ in place of ‘have ‘ and ‘his’ in place of ‘their’.
14) RULE 14 – Some words take fixed preposition, for example, Equipped with, accustomed to, addicted to, abhorrence of, acquainted with, Abide by, etc..
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Question asked in IBPS PO 2016
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15) RULE 15 – Between Vs Among
Between is used in reference to the association of two.
Example – The sweets will be distributed between Suhana and Ananya.
Among is used in reference to the association of more than two.
Example – Sweets are to be distributed among them.✔️
Question asked in SBI PO 2017
Solution: A
Here the word ‘between’ is correct as two subjects are being talked about. Thus ‘A’ is the correct answer.
16) RULE 16 – ‘The number of’ represents something which is definite in number while ‘a number of ‘ represents an indefinite number.
The expression ‘the number of’ is followed by a singular verb while the expression ‘a number of’ is followed by a plural verb.
Question asked in SBI PO exam 2019
The number of students (a)/ competing in the government-funded event (b)/ have been fallen (c)/ because of the prize money (d)/No error. (e)
Solution : ‘has’ in place of ‘have been’.
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17) RULE 17 – If there are two past events, we use past perfect tense for the event happened before another event.
Question asked in SBI PO 2017
We were not able to stay at hotel named ‘Hotel International’ since we didn’t reserve a room in the hotel in advance.
a) did not reserved
b) were not reserved
c) had not been reserved
d) had not reserved
e) No correction is required
Solution : d
18) RULE 18 –Hyphenated noun does not have a plural form.
Example – He gave me five hundred – rupees notes. ❌
He gave me five hundred – rupee notes.✔️
Question asked in IBPS CLERK 2015
A five-years old national law in Russia is supposed to safeguard the employment rights of people with HIV
a) five – year olds national law
b) five-year old national law
c) five – year’s old national law
d) five-years’ old national law
Solution: b
19) RULE 19 – Who Vs whom Vs that relative pronoun
‘Who’ is a subjective pronoun, that is,it is used to indicate the subject while ‘whom’ is an objective pronoun, it is used to indicate the object.
Question asked in IBPS PO 2017
They demanded a huge ransom to return the little boy who they had kidnapped.
a) who they had been
b) who they
c) whom they had
d) which they had
e) No correction is required
Solution: c
Question asked in IBPS PO 2015
Jitesh is the smartest and the most intelligent man who I have ever seen.
a) whom I have ever
b) who I have had ever
c) that I have ever
d) which I have ever
e) No correction is required
Solution: c
RULE – Superlative degree, none, no one anyone, much, little, (the same+noun), (the only + noun) are followed by ‘that’ relative pronoun.
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20) Until /Unless
RULE 20 – Until/ Unless are generally used as conjunctions to connect the sentences. They are negative in sense, so they are not used with ‘not'(negative) sentences.
Question asked in IBPS clerk 2016
The woodman stirred the fire until the flames didn’t leap high and the sparks flew out of the roof hole.
a)The woodman stirred
b)the fire until
c)the flames didn’t leap high and
d)the sparks flew out of the roof hole.
e) No error
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