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Vikas,
Not sure if your question is an assignment or are you expecting some of us to share our story.

Considering it is the first one, my suggestion is to think of a time when you learned something from a life situation, specifically, when things did not go as you planned and that outcome made you learn something new.

Answer to your first question:
To improve your speaking abilities listen to more English conversations and try to focus on the phrases. Skilled readers recognise patterns in words rather than sound words out, letter by letter. Word families, also known as phonograms, rimes, or chunks.
Answer to your second question ( how could I improve my General English which is asked in competitive exams):
From your question, I understand that you are referring to the verbal reasoning in exams like GRE, GMAT, or CAT. I would advise you to either join to academies or hire professionals or Subject Matter Experts online.

TENSES

Simple Present Tense :   Daily actions

Present Perfect Tense :  Just Completed Actions

    - For any past completed actions provided not mentioned time

    - just now, so far, not yet, etc., if these are present in the sentence

Present Perfect Tense :  Started in past and still continuing

Simple Past Tense :  Mentioning past actions by indicating exact time

    ago, yesterday, last year, last month, last week,

    any past year(1997, 1880,),...if these are mentioned

Past Perfect Tense :  If two past actions are discussed in one sentence, then the earlier action   should be in past perfect and the latter should be in simple past.

Future Perfect Tense :  By then, by this time, by that time, by so and so year, etc.,

 ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Active Voice (AV) :

       When the subject of the sentence is the doer of the action, then the sentence is in AV.

  Ex:     She writes a letter.

Passive Voice (PV) :

         When the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action denoted by the verb, then the sentence is in PV.

  Ex:     A letter is written by her.

Changing AV to PV

• Subject -->Object and Object --> Subject
• Helping/ Auxiliary verb comes.
• Add ‘by’ before the new object. (Not required in some cases)

                Ex: He was elected the leader of the house. (Not required 'by')

• Change the verb to its ‘participle form’(V3)

• The PV is preferred when the doer is unknown or unimportant.

                   Ex:   The bridge was built in the 17th Century.

• When discussing history, the PV is often used.

                 Ex:    The war was fought with glory.

• The AV is used when the subject is more important than the object.
• Avoid using active and passive in the same sentence.

                 Ex:   The food was cooked and served.

                         Emma cooked and served the food.

• Use a single verb instead of two whenever is possible.

                     Ex:    Strucker enjoys good food and music.

                    ( Strucker enjoys good food and music is also enjoyed by him.)-->Awkward

PRESENT TENSE

PAST TENSE

  FUTURE TENSE

Note:

  Sentences with intransitive verbs cannot be changed to passive form because those verbs do not take objects after them.

  Ex:

    The sky is blue.

    He goes to school. (intransitive verb)

Hi Sanya, 

It's a good idea to sign up for a TOEFL course before taking TOEFL exam if you are not sure about your English language proficiency. You can either approach TOEFL/IELTS training centres or individual trainers who have command over the language and knowledge about TOEFL exam pattern.