LESSON PLAN

English for Placement Purposes

Name of Teacher : Faculty Name

Subject Code / Subject :U17ENP2501/ English for Placement Purposes
Course / Branch : All B.E / B.Tech Courses
Topics : Verbal and Analytical reasoning
Duration : 55 Minutes x 2 = 110 Minutes

I. Objective:

 To orient on the importance of Reasoning in Corporate organisation

 To elucidate the difference between logical, analytical, non-verbal and verbal reasoning
 To give hands-on experience on verbal and analytical reasoning

II. Planned Content:

 Prime Content/ Skill: Verbal and Analytical reasoning

 Materials: Prepared Text, Worksheet
 Reference:
- GRE Word Power
- https://www.bofa11plus.com/content/elevenplusinformation/difference- between-vr-
and-nvr
- https://aepublications.co.uk/difference-verbal-ability-verbal-reasoning/

III. Procedure:

A. Ice Breaker: (Duration: 5 minutes)

1. What's unusual about this paragraph? Just how quickly you can find out what is so funny
about it. It looks fairly ordinary and plain that you might think nothing is wrong with it. In
fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly curious though. Study it and think about it, but you
still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you could just find out.

Solution: The letter e doesn't appear once in the paragraph.

2. Three of the glasses below are filled with orange juice and the other three are empty. By
moving just one glass, can you arrange the glasses so that the full and empty glasses
alternate?

Solution: Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth.
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3. Name three consecutive days in English without using the words Tuesday, Thursday, or
Saturday.

Solution: Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

B. Acquisition: (Duration 50 minutes)

Logical Reasoning consists of question types which test both your mathematical and logical
abilities. These questions are there is most of the examinations, and present an interesting
challenge to students. Imagine a situation. A group of people are sitting around a table, you are
given a few clues with respect to what these people are wearing, what is their age and what is
their height. Some of the data is missing, and some of the names are missing too. Now you
need to figure out the puzzle, identify everyone and possibly their seat, all with the help of the
clues provided. Sounds interesting? This is logical reasoning and welcome to the world of using
the wits of your mind.

Analytical Reasoning questions are designed to assess the ability to consider a group of facts
and rules, and, given those facts and rules, determine what could or must be true. The specific
scenarios associated with these questions are usually unrelated to law, since they are intended
to be accessible to a wide range of test takers. However, the skills tested parallel those involved
in determining what could or must be the case given a set of regulations, the terms of a contract,
or the facts of a legal case in relation to the law. In Analytical Reasoning questions, you are
asked to reason deductively from a set of statements and rules or principles that describe
relationships among persons, things, or events

Non-verbal reasoning the term 'non verbal' indicates 'does not involve any language'. Non
verbal reasoning is a test that involves ability to understand, interpret and analyse the visual
data and solve problems using visual reasoning. The questions in Non verbal appear in
diagrammatic and pictorial form .so, these tests can also be called as diagrammatic or abstract
reasoning tests. Non verbal reasoning test includes identifying relationships, finding series,
Image analysis, finding similarities and differences between shapes and patterns, identifying
errors and inconsistencies in a large variety of topics as series, pattern completion, Image
analysis, paper folding, cubes and dice, mirror images, classifications, shape construction,
figure matrix, dots analysis, grouping of images, paper cutting, analytical reasoning and more.

Verbal reasoning as the name speaks includes problem solving based around words and
language. Verbal reasoning calculates one's reading and understanding abilities. Reading
comprehension and critical thinking are part of verbal reasoning .One should be able to draw
reasonable conclusions from sentences and paragraphs .spellings and vocabulary, sentence
formations, punctuation and grammar are all tested. Verbal reasoning involves interpreting
sentences, deriving conclusions from passages, solving of word problems, extracting logic
from given statements, deriving course of action from the statements, arguments, assumptions
and conclusions from the given statements.

Verbal Reasoning includes knowledge of

 antonyms
 synonyms
 spelling ability
 syntactical skill and
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 capacity in being able to read and comprehend unseen passages and answer questions on
them
Types of Exercises on Focus
 Logical Sequence of Words
 Cause and Effect
 Synonyms & Antonyms
 Analogy
 Completing sentences

Exercise :: Logical Sequence of Words – Introduction

In this type of question, some words are given. You have to arrange these words in a
meaningful order. The order may be according to age, size and need etc.

Example 1:
Arrange the following words in a meaningful order.

1. Death 2. Marriage 3. Education 4. Birth 5. Funeral

(A) 5, 1, 2, 3, 4 (B) 4, 2, 3, 1, 5 (C) 4, 3, 2, 5, 1 (D) 4, 3, 2, 1, 5

Answer is Option D

Explanation:

First of all a man is born then he takes education; after this he is married. Then after
sometimes he dies. After death the order is of Funeral. So the correct order is 4, 3, 2, 1 and 5.

Example 2:
Arrange the following words in a logical sequence.

1. Grass 2. Curd 3. Milk 4. Cow 5. Butter

(A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (B) 2, 3, 4, 5, 1 (C) 4, 1, 3, 2, 5 (D) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Answer is Option C

Explanation:

We know that cow eats grass and then gives milk. With the milk, curd is made and then from
curd, butter is made. Hence logical sequence is Cow, Grass, Milk, Curd, Butter.

Example 3:
Arrange the words given below in a meaningful sequence.
1. Key 2. Door 3. Lock 4. Room 5. Switch On
A. 5, 1, 2, 4, 3 B. 4, 2, 1, 5, 3 C. 1, 3, 2, 4, 5 D. 1, 2, 3, 5, 4

Answer: Option C
The correct order is : Key Lock Door Room Switch on
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CAUSE AND EFFECT

Introduction:
In this type of questions two statements are given. Out of these two statements one may be
the cause and other the effect or either these two may be independent causes any effect or
independent effects of any cause etc.

The following examples will you a clear cut idea to solve this type of problems.
Example 1:
Statements:
I. Ram's father was ill.
II. Ram brought medicine after consulting the doctor.

Answer with Explanation:

As Ram's father was ill, he brought medicine on the advice of doctor.

Therefore, I statement is the cause while II statement is the effect.

Example 2:
Statements:
I. The Central Government has recently declared to finish the rebate on farming.
II. The Central Government faces financial loss on account of giving rebate on farming for
the last few years.

Answer with Explanation:

As the Central Government faced financial loss on accounts of giving rebate on farming for
the last few years, therefore, they declared to finish the rebate of farming.

Hence statement II is the cause while statement I is the effect

Synonyms & Antonyms

In the following the questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given
word.
1. CORPULENT
a) Lean b) Gaunt c) Emaciated d) Obese

2. EMBEZZLE
a) Misappropriate b) Balance c) Remunerate d) Clear

In the following questions choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words.
1. COMMISSIONED
a) Started b) Closed c) Finished d) Terminated
Answer: Option D

2. EXODUS
a) Influx b) Home-coming c) Return d) Restoration
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Answer: Option A

3. RELINQUISH
a) Abdicate b) Renounce c) Possess d) Deny
Answer: Option C

Analogies
Each question consist of two words which have a certain relationship to each other followed
by four pairs of related words, Select the pair which has the same relationship.

1. PAIN:SEDATIVE
a) comfort:stimulant b) grief:consolation
c) trance:narcotic d) ache:extraction
Answer: Option B

2. GRAVITY:PULL
a) iron:metal b) north pole:directions
c) magnetism:attraction d) dust:desert
Answer: Option C

3. CORPOREAL:SPIRITUAL
a) mesa:plateau b) moron:savant
c) foreigner:immigrant d) pedagogue:teacher
Answer: Option B

In each question, an incomplete statement (Stem) followed by fillers is given. Pick out
the best one which can complete incomplete stem correctly and meaningfully.

1. Despite his best efforts to conceal his anger ......

A. we could detect that he was very happy
B. he failed to give us an impression of his agony
C. he succeeded in camouflaging his emotions
D. he could succeed in doing it easily
E. people came to know that he was annoyed
Answer: Option E

2. Even if it rains I shall come means ......

A. if I come it will not rain
B. if it rains I shall not come
C. I will certainly come whether it rains or not
D. whenever there is rain I shall come
E. I am less likely to come if it rains

Answer: Option C

Verbal Reasoning
Find the statement that must be true according to the given information.
1. Vincent has a paper route. Each morning, he delivers 37 newspapers to customers in
his neighborhood. It takes Vincent 50 minutes to deliver all the papers. If Vincent is sick
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or has other plans, his friend Thomas, who lives on the same street, will sometimes
deliver the papers for him.
A. Vincent and Thomas live in the same neighborhood.
B. It takes Thomas more than 50 minutes to deliver the papers.
C. It is dark outside when Vincent begins his deliveries.
D. Thomas would like to have his own paper route.
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The fact that Vincent and Thomas live on the same street indicates that they live in the same
neighborhood. There is no support for any of the other choices.
2. The Pacific yew is an evergreen tree that grows in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific
yew has a fleshy, poisonous fruit. Recently, taxol, a substance found in the bark of the
Pacific yew, was discovered to be a promising new anticancer drug.
A. Taxol is poisonous when taken by healthy people.
B. Taxol has cured people from various diseases.
C. People should not eat the fruit of the Pacific yew.
D. The Pacific yew was considered worthless until taxol was discovered.
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Given the information presented, the only statement that could be considered true is that the
fruit should not be eaten because it is poisonous. There is no support that taxol is poisonous
or that taxol has cured anyone (choices a and b). There is no support for choice d.

C. Practice / Testing: (45 minutes) Assessment 1

Worksheet titled “1.2 Worksheet” is Attached

D. De-briefing: (10 Minutes)

Answers are discussed for the worksheet and students are once again sensitized on the
relevance of verbal and logical reasoning in Placements.