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SRI LANKAN LOCAL SYLLABUS

English: Grades 10–13

Choose your grade. Follow the units. Watch a lesson, practise and check your work.

ඔබේ ශ්‍රේණිය තෝරන්න. ඒකක පිළිවෙළින් අධ්‍යයනය කරන්න. පාඩමක් බලා, පුහුණු වී, පිළිතුරු පරීක්ෂා කරන්න.

Your public study route

All 30 unit links below are free to open. Grade 10 and 11 unit resources are on the Ministry of Education’s e-thaksalawa platform. Grade 12 and 13 unit activities are on Sabaragamuwa’s E-nenapiyasa platform. The NIE General English teachers’ guide provides the combined Grade 12–13 syllabus framework.

ඔබේ ශ්‍රේණිය හා ඒකකය තෝරා පහත නිල අධ්‍යයන සබැඳි නොමිලේ විවෘත කරන්න.

Use your school textbook and teacher’s term plan alongside these resources. The EWS playlists are selected supporting lessons; their video counts do not certify complete syllabus coverage. Original videos stay with their creators.

මෙහි ඒකක සබැඳි නොමිලේ භාවිත කළ හැකිය. පාසල් පෙළපොත සහ ගුරුවරයාගේ සැලැස්ම සමඟ මේ සම්පත් භාවිත කරන්න. වීඩියෝ එකතුවක් තිබීම පමණක් සම්පූර්ණ විෂය නිර්දේශය ආවරණය කළ බවට සහතිකයක් නොවේ.

15 O/L dialogues: English + SinhalaNIE General English guide: Grades 12–13
O/L English

Grade 10

Build grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking and guided writing through Units 1–14.

Open EWS Grade 10 playlistFree EWS Paper 1 + separate answers

Follow the unit order

  1. PeopleOpen public unit resources
  2. On Your WayOpen public unit resources
  3. TravelOpen public unit resources
  4. Let's TalkOpen public unit resources
  5. Best PracticesOpen public unit resources
  6. InformationOpen public unit resources
  7. Learning is FunOpen public unit resources
  8. Healthy FoodOpen public unit resources
  9. NatureOpen public unit resources
  10. PersonalityOpen public unit resources
  11. The Right CareerOpen public unit resources
  12. SuccessOpen public unit resources
  13. FutureOpen public unit resources
  14. SportsOpen public unit resources
Selected official supporting video lessons

These lessons support individual skills. Work through the unit resources above for the wider course.

  1. Grade 10 - English Language - Recognize discourse markers - P 01Channel NIE · 20 min 34 sec
  2. Grade 10 - English Language - Connectives - P 02Channel NIE · 27 min 15 sec
  3. Grade 10 - English Language - Connectives - P 03Channel NIE · 30 min 3 sec
  4. Grade 10 - English Language - Uses language in a variety of contexts 2 - P 05Channel NIE · 27 min 27 sec
  5. Grade 10 - English Language - Compound Nouns - P 06Channel NIE · 24 min 38 sec
  6. Grade 10 - English Language - Present Perfect Continuous Tense - P 07 (R 10)Channel NIE · 22 min 22 sec
  7. Grade 10 - English Language - Active & Passive Voice - P 09Channel NIE · 24 min 9 sec
  8. Grade 10 - English Language - " If " Type 1 (Conditional Clause) - P 11Channel NIE · 33 min 50 sec
  9. Grade 10 - English Language - Writing dialogues and speeches - P 13Channel NIE · 24 min 7 sec
  10. Grade 10 - English Language - Writing Essays and Articles - P 12Channel NIE · 22 min 37 sec
  11. Grade 10 | English | Describing pictures | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 18 sec
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O/L English

Grade 11

Revise Units 1–8 and practise O/L reading, language use, information transfer and writing.

Open EWS Grade 11 playlistFree EWS Paper 1 + separate answers

Pupil-book and workbook lessons: DP Education - English Academy. For longer videos, use the chapter list and study one activity at a time in short sessions.

දිගු පාඩමක කෙටි කොටසක් තෝරා, වරකට එක් ක්‍රියාකාරකමක් පුහුණු වන්න.

Follow the unit order

  1. Our ResponsibilitiesOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  2. Facing ChallengesOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  3. Great LankaOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  4. For a Better TomorrowOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  5. Best Use of timeOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  6. A moment of FunOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  7. A simple LivingOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
  8. Reading is FunOpen public unit resourcesPupil-book lesson (Sinhala support)Workbook lesson (Sinhala support)
Selected official supporting video lessons

These lessons support individual skills. Work through the unit resources above for the wider course.

  1. Grade 11 | English | Unit 1.4 | Let's pronounce words | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 52 sec
  2. Grade 11 | English | Unit 2.7 | Punctuation | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 2 min 11 sec
  3. Grade 11 | English | Unit 3.4 | Listens and Transforms Information | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 48 sec
  4. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.3 | Antonyms | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 44 sec
  5. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.3 | Synonyms | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 2 min 1 sec
  6. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.4 | Affixes | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 53 sec
  7. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.5 | Plural of Nouns | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 5 min 37 sec
  8. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.6 | Collective nouns | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 5 min 21 sec
  9. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.6 | Compound Nouns | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 6 min 28 sec
  10. Grade 11 | English | Unit 4.6 | Compound Nouns II | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 2 min 12 sec
  11. Grade 11 | English | Unit 5.2 | Reading for Specific Information | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 7 min 14 sec
  12. Grade 11 | English | Unit 5.3 | Transfers information into other forms II | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 47 sec
  13. Grade 11 | Unit 5.7 | Finding implied informatione-thaksalawa · 5 min 54 sec
  14. Grade 11 | English | Unit 6.2 | Pronouns | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 52 sec
  15. Grade 11 | English | Unit 6.3 | Modals | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 6 min 8 sec
  16. Grade 11 | English | Unit 6.7 | Prepositions | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 9 min 10 sec
  17. Grade 11 | English | Unit 6.8 | Conjunctions | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 6 min 13 sec
  18. Grade 11 | English | Unit 7.2 | Describing pictures | Edupub | e-thaksalawae-thaksalawa · 3 min 39 sec
  19. O/L English Language - Constructs Simple sentences - Lesson 69Channel NIE · 23 min 44 sec
  20. O/L English Language - Describing Bar graph - Lesson 62Channel NIE · 24 min 40 sec
  21. O/L English Language - Let's find specific answers - Lesson 63Channel NIE · 18 min 58 sec
  22. O/L English Language - Describe picture using simple sentences - Lesson 59Channel NIE · 29 min 8 sec
  23. O/L English Language - Writing a simple Story - Lesson 58Channel NIE · 18 min 48 sec
  24. O/L English Language - Notices - Lesson 67Channel NIE · 23 min 19 sec
  25. O/L English Language - Using Passive - Let's write Passive question - Lesson 66Channel NIE · 25 min 31 sec
  26. O/L English Language - Writing Notes - Lesson 68Channel NIE · 15 min 21 sec
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A/L General English

Grade 12

Study Sri Lankan Achievers, Living in Harmony, Relationships, English as a Local and Global Language, and Crime and Social Responsibility.

Open EWS Grade 12 playlistFree EWS Paper 1 + separate answers

Follow the unit order

  1. Sri Lankan achieversOpen public unit resources
  2. Living in harmonyOpen public unit resources
  3. RelationshipsOpen public unit resources
  4. English as a local and global languageOpen public unit resources
  5. Crime and Social ResponsibilityOpen public unit resources
Selected official supporting video lessons

These lessons support individual skills. Work through the unit resources above for the wider course.

  1. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Simple present tense - P 01Channel NIE · 37 min 45 sec
  2. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Living in Harmony - P 03Channel NIE · 37 min 51 sec
  3. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Dialogue / Informal Letter Writing - P 04Channel NIE · 45 min 36 sec
  4. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Present Continuous Tense - P 05Channel NIE · 53 min 47 sec
  5. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Modal Verbs - P 06Channel NIE · 50 min 31 sec
  6. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Past Perfect Tense - P 18Channel NIE · 57 min 31 sec
  7. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Future tense - P 16Channel NIE · 56 min 14 sec
  8. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Singular and Plural nouns - P 17Channel NIE · 55 min 18 sec
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A/L General English

Grade 13

Continue with the Cyber World, Continuing Education and Employment, then practise complete General English papers.

Open EWS Grade 13 playlistFree EWS Paper 1 + separate answers

Follow the unit order

  1. The cyber worldOpen public unit resources
  2. Continuing EducationOpen public unit resources
  3. EmploymentOpen public unit resources
Selected official supporting video lessons

These lessons support individual skills. Work through the unit resources above for the wider course.

  1. A/L - Grade 13 - General English - Simple present tense (Sri Lankan Achievers)Channel NIE · 45 min 36 sec
  2. A/L - Grade 13 - General English - Letter WritingChannel NIE · 47 min 52 sec
  3. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Dialogue / Informal Letter Writing - P 04Channel NIE · 45 min 36 sec
  4. A/L - Grade 12 - General English - Modal Verbs - P 06Channel NIE · 50 min 31 sec
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A simple practice routine

  1. Read the unit goal and recall what you already know.
  2. Watch one short section. Pause and explain its main point in your own words.
  3. Answer questions before opening the separate answers.
  4. Record one mistake and write a corrected example.
  5. Revisit the skill after one day, three days and one week. Adjust the intervals to your needs.

පළමුව තනිව උත්සාහ කරන්න. පසුව පිළිතුරු බලන්න. වැරදුණු තැන සටහන් කර නිවැරදි උදාහරණයක් ලියන්න. පසු දිනක නැවත පුහුණු වන්න.

Source and coverage note

Unit links and video metadata checked on 19 October 2026. External resources may change. Follow the instructions on your actual examination paper. Grade 12–13 General English is separate from A/L English Literature.

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2–13 ශ්‍රේණිවල තෙවන වාර ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍ර සහ සාමාන්‍ය පෙළ / උසස් පෙළ පසුගිය ඉංග්‍රීසි ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍ර ලබාගන්න. තවම නොමැති වර්ෂ එකතුවේ පැහැදිලිව දැක්වේ.

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සියලු ප්‍රශ්න පත්‍ර නොමිලේ. O/L 2025 (2026) EWS පිළිතුරු නොමිලේ. A/L EWS පිළිතුරු සඳහා ගාස්තු අය කෙරේ. WhatsApp මඟින් විමසන්න.

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