Incomplete-sentence items often require choosing the correct form of a word.
Identify the role of the gap before comparing vocabulary.
A noun can follow an article or adjective, an adjective can describe a noun, and an adverb can modify a verb or adjective.
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The team completed the project successfully: the adverb modifies completed.
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The project was a success: the noun follows an article.
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Incomplete-sentence items often require choosing the correct form of a word. Identify the role of the gap before comparing vocabulary. A noun can follow an article or adjective, an adjective can describe a noun, and an adverb can modify a verb or adjective. Related forms such as success, successful, successfully and succeed express different grammatical functions.
Read the full sentence to confirm the structure. A gap after has may need a past participle rather than any verb form; a gap before a noun may need an adjective. Do not assume every word-family item is solved by looking at the word immediately beside the blank, because longer phrases can separate related elements. After selecting an option, reread the sentence for meaning. Build a personal table of frequently confused word families and create a new sentence with each form. This turns a test item into useful grammar and vocabulary practice.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Verb choices depend on the subject, time frame and relationship between actions.
A singular subject usually takes a singular present-tense verb, even when a plural noun appears inside a following phrase.
Time expressions help, but they must be interpreted with the complete sentence.
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The list of suppliers is updated monthly.
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The documents will be delivered tomorrow: will + be + past participle.
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Verb choices depend on the subject, time frame and relationship between actions. A singular subject usually takes a singular present-tense verb, even when a plural noun appears inside a following phrase. Time expressions help, but they must be interpreted with the complete sentence. Since often links a starting point to a continuing situation, while yesterday normally refers to a completed past time.
Identify the true subject and the finite verb before choosing. In “The list of items is attached”, list controls agreement, not items. Check whether the sentence needs an active or passive form and whether an auxiliary already supplies tense. After will, use a base-form verb; after has or have, use the appropriate participle. During review, explain the chosen verb phrase rather than only naming its tense. This makes the rule usable in unfamiliar workplace sentences where vocabulary changes but the structure remains similar.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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In means inside. On means touching the top surface. Between means in the space separating two things.
Use the word that shows the correct place or movement.
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The ball is in the box.
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The book is on the desk.
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Nila sits between Ravi and Amal.
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Prepositions and connectors express relationships that a reader must preserve. A deadline by Friday is different from a meeting on Friday, and a service available until Friday has a different endpoint meaning. Connectors can signal cause, result, contrast or condition. Because introduces a reason clause, while because of is followed by a noun phrase. Although and despite also require different grammatical structures.
Use both grammar and meaning to choose. A sentence about a delay may require because to explain the cause, but however to contrast a positive development with a problem. Check punctuation and clause boundaries. Do not insert a connector simply because it sounds formal. Learn common workplace combinations in complete sentences: responsible for, interested in, available to and comply with. During review, write a minimal contrast between the rejected and correct forms so that the relationship becomes clear rather than memorising the item as an isolated exception.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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