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Conditional sentences, often called ‘if clauses’, are a regular part of Lok Sewa English grammar questions. You may be asked to fill in the correct verb form, find an error or choose the sentence with the right meaning. This note explains the four main types of conditionals, mixed conditionals, words such as unless and provided, inversion without ‘if’, and the mistakes examiners test most often.

Question tags are asked in almost every Lok Sewa English paper, usually as one-mark objective questions where you must choose the correct tag. The rules are short but the special cases (I am, Let’s, imperatives, nobody, hardly, used to and so on) catch many candidates. This note explains the basic rules, the tags for each tense, and every special case with examples.

Exam notes on English prepositions of time, place and movement, confusing pairs like beside and besides, fixed phrases such as depend on, common errors and worked examples, with a full quiz at the end.

Exam notes on direct and indirect speech: reporting verbs, tense backshift, pronoun and time word changes, statements, questions, commands, exclamations, exceptions and worked examples, with a full quiz at the end.

Simple exam notes on English articles: a or an by sound, uses of a/an and the, when to use no article, common errors and worked examples, with a full quiz at the end.

Exam notes on changing active voice to passive for every tense, questions, imperatives, modals and verbs with two objects, plus uses and common mistakes, with a full quiz at the end.

Clear exam notes on subject-verb agreement rules, including either/or, each, collective and uncountable nouns, one of, a number of, amounts and titles, with a full quiz at the end.

Easy exam notes on all twelve English tense forms, their structures, main uses, time-marker words, common errors and worked examples, with a full quiz at the end.