Lesson 7 of 10 · English

The 15 most-missed bigrams and the homophone trap

Duration
30 minutes
Frequency
5 days
Keys this lesson
Bigram drills + confusable words

What this lesson covers

Lesson 7 is the accuracy lesson. You have the keys. You have the rhythm. Now you target the specific bigrams (two-letter combinations) and words that aspirants most-often miss in exam conditions.

The 15 most-missed bigrams in SSC CHSL English passages: the, ion, ent, ing, and, ate, our, ear, est, ies, ous, ial, ive, ble, ment. Each one drilled below until it becomes one fluid keystroke pattern, not three separate keys.

The homophone confusables — their/there/they're, to/too/two, your/you're — are the second source of exam errors. Drill them in context until you stop hesitating.

Drills — type along, do not skip

Drill 1 — Top 5 bigrams
5 reps each. Build each bigram as one motion.
the the the the the ion ion ion ion ion ent ent ent ent ent ing ing ing ing ing and and and and and
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
Drill 2 — Bigrams in real words
Real words containing each bigram. Notice how your fingers queue them up.
the action sent thing andante operate event being banding the action sent thing
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
Drill 3 — Homophone drills
The most-confused word pairs. Type them in context to fix the meaning in muscle memory.
their there they are too two to your you are its it is
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
Drill 4 — Sentence with multiple traps
A full sentence with three homophone choices. Slow down at each fork.
Their reports are too long; the editor said they should be shorter than two pages.
Net WPM 0 Accuracy 100% Errors 0
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Why this lesson matters

Lesson 7 is the highest-ROI individual lesson in the English curriculum. Aspirants who do it properly see a 3-5 WPM Net jump on real passages, because their error rate drops from 5 errors/min to 1.5 errors/min.

The homophone drills matter more than they look. Under exam pressure, typists default to the most-common spelling regardless of meaning. "Their" gets typed when "there" was intended, and vice versa. Each substitution is one full mistake in Net WPM scoring.