Control narrative voices

Reported speech tells someone what another person said without necessarily repeating the exact words. 'Ravi said, “I am tired”' may become 'Ravi said that he was tired'. Pronouns, time expressions, and verb forms must fit the reporting situation. Backshift is common after a past reporting verb, but is not always necessary if the statement remains true or immediately relevant. A reported question uses statement word order: 'She asked where he lived', not 'where did he live'. Preserve the original meaning rather than changing forms mechanically.

Work from meaning to form. Read the first model, identify what the words are doing, and compare it with the second model. Explain the difference aloud before using the pattern in a new sentence. When checking a draft, locate the relevant word or clause and test it in its full sentence; a rule used in isolation may miss the intended meaning.

උදාහරණ දෙකේ අර්ථය හා වචනවල කාර්යය සසඳා වෙනස ඔබේ වචනවලින් කියන්න. පසුව එම රටාවෙන් අලුත් වාක්‍යයක් ලියා, රීතිය සම්පූර්ණ වාක්‍යයට ගැළපේදැයි බලන්න.

At Stage 8, consider how context, viewpoint, and organisation shape a reader's response. Move beyond identifying a feature to explaining why it matters at that point in a text. In a draft, compare two possible choices and select the clearer or more effective one. Reasoned interpretation and accurate expression should develop together.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

A character is revealed through what they say, do, think, and notice, and through what others say about them. An adjective such as generous needs evidence. If a child gives away the last piece of fruit, the action can support generosity, though the situation might suggest a different motive. Track changes across a story: a quiet character may act bravely later. Distinguish the narrator's description from your own judgment. A convincing response explains how a particular action helps the reader understand the person.

චරිතයක කතා, ක්‍රියා හා සිතුවිලි බලා එහි ගුණ හඳුනාගන්න. ගුණයක් කියන විට උදාහරණයක් දෙන්න; කතාව පුරා එම චරිතය වෙනස් වන හැටිත් බලන්න.

A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.

ප්‍රශ්නයට ගැළපෙන අදහස ලියා, පාඨයෙන් කෙටි සාක්ෂියක් ගෙන එය ඔබේ පිළිතුරට සම්බන්ධ වන හැටි පැහැදිලි කරන්න.

At Stage 8, consider how context, viewpoint, and organisation shape a reader's response. Move beyond identifying a feature to explaining why it matters at that point in a text. In a draft, compare two possible choices and select the clearer or more effective one. Reasoned interpretation and accurate expression should develop together.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

A narrative presents connected events through a chosen viewpoint. Establish a setting and a situation, then introduce a change or difficulty that matters to the character. Select a few significant events instead of a long list of everything that happened. A convincing ending resolves, transforms, or deliberately leaves open the central issue. Description and dialogue should contribute to character, tension, or meaning. Keep the point of view and tense controlled, and use paragraph changes to guide the reader through shifts in action, time, or speaker.

චරිත, තැන සහ මුල් තත්ත්වය හඳුන්වා දී වැදගත් ගැටලුවක් වටා සිදුවීම් සම්බන්ධ කරන්න. අවසානය ගැටලුවට ගැළපිය යුතුය; කාලය, කතා කරන දෘෂ්ටිකෝණය සහ ඡේද පිළිවෙළ පැහැදිලිව තබන්න.

Plan before drafting: identify the reader, the purpose, and the information that must be included. Select a small number of useful details and place them in a logical order. After writing, check the effect on a reader who does not know your intentions. Revise unclear meaning first, then check sentence boundaries, verb forms, spelling, and punctuation.

ලියන්නේ කාටද, ඇයිද සහ ඇතුළත් කළ යුතු කරුණු මොනවාද යන්න මුලින් සැලසුම් කරන්න. අදහස් පිළිවෙළට ලියා, අර්ථය පැහැදිලි කර පසුව වාක්‍ය, ක්‍රියාපද, අක්ෂර වින්‍යාසය හා විරාම ලකුණු පරීක්ෂා කරන්න.

At Stage 8, consider how context, viewpoint, and organisation shape a reader's response. Move beyond identifying a feature to explaining why it matters at that point in a text. In a draft, compare two possible choices and select the clearer or more effective one. Reasoned interpretation and accurate expression should develop together.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.