Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Full Marks : 100
Pass Marks: 40
Course Description
This course has been designed for the competitive examinations to be held for the selection of officer cadets in Nepal Army in open mode (free competition). This course will test candidates' competence and performance in English language through various aspects of language: grammar, translation, comprehension passage, composition writing etc.
This course is divided into two parts- part one and part two. Objective questions (multiple choice items) are asked from part one and subjective questions are asked from part two. Grammatical competence will be judged by part one test items whereas communicative competence will be judged by part two test items. Language functions and communicative skills are primarily focused in the latter part. English language fluency will be tested through this test.
The nature and standard of questions in English Language Proficiency Test will be such that a class 12 passed or equivalent person will be able to answer them without any specialized study.
Objectives
The objectives of this course are:
- To evaluate candidates' grammatical competence.
- To judge the translation skill through Nepali-to-English language and vice versa.
- To assess the comprehension ability of the candidates.
- To evaluate the writing skills of the candidates in different varieties of writings.
- To measure candidates' ability to graps main ideas from the given text and present them smoothly.
- To measure word use capacity of the candidates.
Table
PART ONE
UNIT 1: Grammar (20 x 1 = 20)
1.1 Articles
1.2 Transformation: Negation, Yes/ No questions and Wh-questions
1.3 Question tags
1.4 Most frequent English prepositions: at, by, from, for, in, of, on, to, with
1.5 Direct and indirect speech
1.6 The voice system in English: active and passive
1.7 Causative verbs: (have, get, make, let) and conditional sentences
1.8 Tense-aspect system in English
1.9 Subject-verb agreement in English
1.10 Use of conjunctions: and, because, because of, so that, so, but, although, in spite of.
PART: TWO (2 x 5 = 10)
UNIT 2: Translation
2.1 Translation from English to Nepali.
A passage of about 50-60 words written in English on a general topic will be given to translate into
Nepali. The candidates will have to translate the passage into Nepali language freely without losing
the sense and spirit of the original.
2.2 Translation from Nepali to English.
A passage of about 50-60 words written in Nepali on a general topic will be given to translate into
English. The candidates will have to translate the passage into English language freely without losing
the sense and spirit of the original.
UNIT 3: Comprehension (15 x 1 = 15)
A comprehension passage will be given. The passage will contain about 300 words from which 5
questions will be asked.
3.1 Question Answer.
3.2 Fill in the blanks.
3.3 Match the followings.
UNIT 4: Composition (15 + 10 = 25)
4.1 Essay writing [15]
The candidates will be given two general topics. They will be asked to write an essay on one of these
topics within 250-300 words.
4.2 Personal Letter writing. [10]
UNIT 5: Congratulation/Condolence Writing (10)
The candidates will be asked to write either Congratulation or Condolence within 100-150 words.
UNIT 6: Use of words and Synonym/Antonym (20)
6.1 Use of word [10 x 1 =10]
Five words and Five phrasal verbs will be asked to be used in creating sensible sentences.
6.2 Synonym / Antonym [5 x 2 =10]
6.2.1 Five words will be asked to write their synonym.
6.2.2 Five words will be asked to write their antonym.
The questions on English Language Proficiency Test will be of the following types.
