# English Language for Competitive Exams

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Aysha Viswamohan
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106116)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106116)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [What is Reading Comprehension?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/11cc34625c55) (Video)
2. [Literature and Reading Comprehension](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/d5de140236d4) (Video)
3. [Scientific Passages and Reading Comprehension](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/28167e102ce8) (Video)
4. [Analyze a Task 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/ebf086b4cf56) (Video)
5. [Analyze a task-2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/a2cd43a4f9c7) (Video)
6. [Comprehending Scientific Passages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/e5fcc5717c35) (Video)
7. [Comprehending Literary Passages - 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/6a73d68915a7) (Video)
8. [Comprehending Literary Passages - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/587eaafcad31) (Video)
9. [Academic writing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/f2c77f389896) (Video)
10. [Text - Completion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/dd13ae99fd07) (Video)
11. [Analogy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/57d17afb4252) (Video)
12. [Writing : Long Essays](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/8d61722a0074) (Video)
13. [Writing : Long Essays ( Continued... )](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/8d4883a6b1b8) (Video)
14. [Listening](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/5587e4dfc2c4) (Video)
15. [Writing : Imaginative Essays](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c60ded1d4274) (Video)
16. [Listening for Specific Information](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/5f390c0ac789) (Video)
17. [Reading Comprehension](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/f8de2fe5eb4a) (Video)
18. [Reading Comprehension:Long Passages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/05711970c28e) (Video)
19. [Verbal Analogy & Vocabulary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/d6ea477d8bcf) (Video)
20. [Vocabulary : Word Families & Confusable Words](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/1f6a2d06164b) (Video)
21. [Vocabulary: word origins and confusable words](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/4127f7bb1a1c) (Video)
22. [Vocabulary: Text Completion - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/a9cd37d002b4) (Video)
23. [Vocabulary: Text Completion - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/6badd31911be) (Video)
24. [Vocabulary: Text Completion - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/61a123a0b341) (Video)
25. [Vocabulary: Synonyms, Meanings and Confusable Words](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/ea33fc2582fa) (Video)
26. [Text Completion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/45dadb17adfa) (Video)
27. [Text Completion Contd.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/919e1177ec4c) (Video)
28. [Analogy and Text Completion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/13a6eaafa268) (Video)
29. [Text Completion Contd](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/84f4c580beed) (Video)
30. [Text Completion - Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/35da384f0d9f) (Video)
31. [Names and Vocabulary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c3f2799b578c) (Video)
32. [Latin Terms in English Vocabulary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c142c0e9c50a) (Video)
33. [Greek Mythology and Vocabulary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/416e3a00bbea) (Video)
34. [Greek Names and Foreign Words](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/a52fe7badb91) (Video)
35. [Vocabulary Practice Test](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/2a15d48593a3) (Video)
36. [Analogy:](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/dc4561780d91) (Video)
37. [Foreign Words and Names](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/10010f247c08) (Video)
38. [Suffixes and Reference Words](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/665339c8c010) (Video)
39. [Uncommon Words - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/e8e55651654d) (Video)
40. [Uncommon Words - 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c8715cb1d4e5) (Video)
41. [More Uncommon Words](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/4ee82515ed54) (Video)
42. [More Uncommon Words (Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/bdfdb75c64a4) (Video)
43. [Vocabulary and Analogy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/269d70736e5a) (Video)
44. [Vocabulary: Mixed Bag](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/d81c8bcbc32d) (Video)
45. [Subject-Verb Agreement and Sentence Correction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/741322b1861c) (Video)
46. [Sentence Correction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/16c24898c4b0) (Video)
47. [Conditional Clauses, Prepositions and Reported Speech](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c577f7586c4b) (Video)
48. [Clauses](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/b960ae6c5b10) (Video)
49. [Modifiers, Active Voice and Passive Voice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/bd5db43a85ef) (Video)
50. [Gerunds and Infinitives](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/6c5d5772340f) (Video)
51. [Coordinators and Conjunctions - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/7fcb801d503e) (Video)
52. [Coordinators and Conjunctions - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c49c27fd1f58) (Video)
53. [Grammar: Words & Expressions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/96ea66c125c3) (Video)
54. [Grammar: Phrasal Verbs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/c7497d80e0c2) (Video)
55. [Revision - Vocabulary](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/502cc0a711a4) (Video)
56. [Revision - Subject verb agreement](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/5f6b27a4d1a3) (Video)
57. [Read and Revise](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/66a081664d90) (Video)
58. [Idioms and collocations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/299edf300f50) (Video)
59. [Live Session 24-07-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/11cc34625c55-2) (Video)
60. [Live Session 14-08-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/d5de140236d4-2) (Video)
61. [Live Session 02-09-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/28167e102ce8-2) (Video)
62. [Live Session 05-02-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/ebf086b4cf56-2) (Video)
63. [Live Session 05-03-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/a2cd43a4f9c7-2) (Video)
64. [Live Session 09-04-2021](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/e5fcc5717c35-2) (Video)
65. [Live Session 29-02-2020](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/6a73d68915a7-2) (Video)
66. [Live Session 29-02-2020](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/587eaafcad31-2) (Video)
67. [Live Session 05-02-2024](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/f2c77f389896-2) (Video)
68. [Live Session 19-03-2024](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/dd13ae99fd07-2) (Video)
69. [Live Session 10-04-2024](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/57d17afb4252-2) (Video)
70. [Live Session 07-02-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/8d61722a0074-2) (Video)
71. [Live Session 04-03-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/8d4883a6b1b8-2) (Video)
72. [Live Session 01-04-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106116/5587e4dfc2c4-2) (Video)