Present perfect connects past experience or unfinished time with now; past simple locates an event in a finished period.
A conversation can move from a general experience question to a specific past detail.
Choose the tense according to the time meaning, not merely the action.
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Easy / Start here
Have you ever camped? Yes, I camped last August.
Moderate / Add a little
I have read two books this week.
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Present perfect connects past experience or unfinished time with now; past simple locates an event in a finished period. A conversation can move from a general experience question to a specific past detail. Choose the tense according to the time meaning, not merely the action.
Use grammar to express relationships among events, choices and people. Rather than memorising a single translated equivalent, learn a structure with its meaning and an ordinary context. Compare two possible forms and explain what changes. Check accuracy in a full sentence, including auxiliaries and prepositions. A useful vocabulary record includes a common combination and a personal example so it can be used in speaking and writing.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Must and have to express obligation; should gives advice; may, might and could express possibility.
Mustn't prohibits, whereas don't have to removes necessity.
Choose the degree of certainty or force that reflects the situation.
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Easy / Start here
You should check the timetable.
Moderate / Add a little
It might rain, so take a coat.
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Must and have to express obligation; should gives advice; may, might and could express possibility. Mustn't prohibits, whereas don't have to removes necessity. Choose the degree of certainty or force that reflects the situation. All these meanings can affect a reader's decision.
Use grammar to express relationships among events, choices and people. Rather than memorising a single translated equivalent, learn a structure with its meaning and an ordinary context. Compare two possible forms and explain what changes. Check accuracy in a full sentence, including auxiliaries and prepositions. A useful vocabulary record includes a common combination and a personal example so it can be used in speaking and writing.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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A clear paragraph connects ideas through reason, contrast and consequence.
Relative clauses can identify a person or thing without repeating a noun.
Vocabulary choices must also fit common patterns.
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The guide who met us was very helpful.
Moderate / Add a little
The train was delayed, so we arrived late.
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A clear paragraph connects ideas through reason, contrast and consequence. Relative clauses can identify a person or thing without repeating a noun. Vocabulary choices must also fit common patterns. Review links by checking what the second idea does in relation to the first.
Use grammar to express relationships among events, choices and people. Rather than memorising a single translated equivalent, learn a structure with its meaning and an ordinary context. Compare two possible forms and explain what changes. Check accuracy in a full sentence, including auxiliaries and prepositions. A useful vocabulary record includes a common combination and a personal example so it can be used in speaking and writing.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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