Our club meets on Fridays, but it does not meet during the holidays. → One club takes meets; after does not, use meet.
සංගමය සිකුරාදා හමුවුවත් නිවාඩු කාලයේ හමු නොවේ.
Try it / පුහුණු වෙමු
Choose: 1 She usually (walk / walks) to school. Correct: 2 Does he plays cricket? Make negative: 3 Our club meets on Fridays. Then write one true routine of your own.
1 walks. 2 Does he play cricket? 3 Our club does not meet on Fridays. Own example: I usually read before bed. Other true, grammatical routines are valid.
she සමඟ walks යෙදේ; does පසු play හා meet මුල් රූපයෙන් තබන්න. තම පුරුද්දක් ගැන වෙනත් නිවැරදි වාක්‍යද ගැළපේ.
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The present simple describes routines, repeated actions and generally true situations. With ordinary lexical verbs, use the base form after I, you, we and they; with he, she or a singular name, the verb normally takes -s or -es. Be has the special forms am, is and are, and have becomes has with a singular third-person subject. A frequency word such as usually often appears before the main verb, but after be. For ordinary lexical verbs, form negatives and questions with do or does, and return the main verb to its base form. Be forms its own questions and negatives without do. Time expressions help readers see whether an event is repeated rather than happening only now.
Read the whole message before choosing a verb. A sentence can mention today and still describe a usual timetable. Keep the subject and verb together while checking agreement, especially when extra descriptive words stand between them. In a paragraph, a consistent present-time frame makes routines easy to follow.
Use this lesson to move from isolated correct sentences to a connected account. The model combines an accurate form with a clear situation. Compare what is stated directly with what depends on context, and keep the intended time relationship clear.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Complete: 1 She ___ finished. 2 We have ___ that film. (see) Choose: 3 I (have visited / visited) Kandy yesterday. Ask about experience using ever: 4 you / travel by train.
have හෝ has සහ නිවැරදි ක්‍රියාපද රූපය තෝරන්න; ඊයේ අවසන් වූ දෙයට අතීත කාලය යොදා අත්දැකීමක් ගැන ප්‍රශ්නයක් සාදන්න.
Check a possible answer / පිළිතුර බලන්න
1 has. 2 seen. 3 visited. 4 Have you ever travelled by train? (American spelling traveled is also accepted.) Yesterday is a finished past time; the experience question has no finished date.
පිළිවෙළින් has, seen, visited යෙදේ. අත්දැකීම අසන විට Have you ever travelled by train? යන්න ගැළපේ.
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The present perfect uses have or has plus a past participle. It connects a past action or experience to the present, or describes a situation continuing until now. Since introduces a starting point and for introduces a duration. Ever and never commonly describe experience; already and yet concern completion. A definite finished time such as last Tuesday normally calls for the past simple instead. Do not confuse a past participle with the past simple form of an irregular verb.
Decide what the speaker wants to emphasise. A finished event in a dated story belongs in a past-time frame, whereas an experience without a specified finished time can connect to now. The present perfect does not automatically mean that an action is very recent. In a paragraph, switch tenses only when the time relationship actually changes, and make that relationship clear to the reader.
Use this lesson to move from isolated correct sentences to a connected account. The model combines an accurate form with a clear situation. Compare what is stated directly with what depends on context, and keep the intended time relationship clear.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Countable nouns can be counted: one chair, two chairs. Uncountable nouns such as water and advice do not normally take a/an or a plural -s in these meanings.
Use many with plural countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns. Use a lot of with both noun types.
Use a few for a small number and a little for a small amount. Use a container or unit when needed: two bottles of water, a piece of advice.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
There are three books on the desk. → Books can be counted.
මේසය මත පොත් තුනක් තිබේ.
Moderate / Add a little
We have a little water and a few cups. → Water is an amount; cups are a number.
අපට වතුර ටිකක් හා කෝප්ප කිහිපයක් තිබේ.
Challenge / Try when ready
We do not have much time, but we have enough chairs for everyone. → Time is uncountable here; chairs are countable.
Choose: 1 How (much / many) chairs? 2 How (much / many) water? 3 A (few / little) rice. Correct: 4 two advices. Write one sentence using a few and one using a little.
1 many. 2 much. 3 little. 4 two pieces of advice. Examples: I have a few pencils. We need a little sugar. Other suitable sentences are valid.
පුටු ගණන් කළ හැකි නිසා many ද water හා rice ප්‍රමාණ නිසා much හා little ද යෙදේ. two pieces of advice නිවැරදි රූපයයි.
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Use many and a few with plural countable nouns, and much and a little with uncountable nouns. Some and any can occur with either group, depending on meaning and sentence type. Much is especially common in questions and negatives; a lot of works naturally in many positive sentences. Few suggests an insufficient number, whereas a few suggests that some are available. Little and a little make a similar contrast for amount.
Check the noun before choosing a quantity word. Advice, information and equipment normally behave as uncountable nouns in ordinary English. To count them, use a suitable unit, such as a piece of advice. Quantity language is useful when explaining resources or comparing options. Keep any number or amount faithful to the source: a grammar exercise should never encourage you to alter the actual information being communicated.
Use this lesson to move from isolated correct sentences to a connected account. The model combines an accurate form with a clear situation. Compare what is stated directly with what depends on context, and keep the intended time relationship clear.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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