What we do: routines, past events and future

The present simple describes a routine or general situation, while the present continuous describes an action in progress. ‘The gardener waters the plants each morning’ is a routine. ‘The gardener is watering them now’ describes the current scene. Both can appear in one paragraph if the time meaning changes clearly. A third-person simple verb may need s or es; a continuous verb needs is plus ing. Negative and question patterns also differ: ‘Does she water?’ versus ‘Is she watering?’.

Identify the intended meaning and subject before forming the sentence. Use a timetable for routine descriptions and an imagined scene for now descriptions. Read each sentence to check that the helper and main verb belong to the same pattern. Do not combine does with an ing phrase when the intended question needs is or are.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

The past simple records a completed action. Regular verbs often add ed and irregular verbs have their own forms: visited, went, wrote and ate. For many questions and negatives, use did with the basic verb. This means ‘Did she write?’ and ‘She did not write’, even though the positive statement is ‘She wrote’. ‘We went to the library yesterday. We did not borrow a book. Did you borrow one?’ The positive and negative forms share the same past-time context.

Plan a brief diary entry around a few real or imagined events. Keep the order clear and check each past form. Use was or were when describing a past state, such as feeling tired; these verbs do not need did in their ordinary question forms. A clear finished-time phrase can establish the setting for several connected past sentences.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

Will followed by a basic verb can express a prediction, a decision made while speaking or an offer. ‘I will help you’ offers help; ‘It will rain later’ predicts weather. The form will is the same with different subjects. The negative is will not or won’t, and a question begins with will before the subject. Will be is useful for a future state or description: ‘The room will be ready tomorrow.’ Do not put an extra to between will and the main verb.

Choose a situation and make the meaning clear with a useful time phrase or context. Predictions are not guaranteed facts, so avoid presenting a guess as certainty when real decisions depend on it. In a grammar task, match the sentence to its context and check the basic verb form after will.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.