Use he, she, it or they only when the meaning is clear.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
Mala is kind. She helps me.
Moderate / Add a little
The cat is small. It is black.
Challenge / Try when ready
Ravi and I are friends. We read together.
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A pronoun can stand in place of a name or noun. After ‘Kavindu is my friend’, we may say ‘He is kind’. After ‘The bag is red’, we can say ‘It is red’. ‘They’ refers to more than one person or thing in early examples: ‘The girls are here. They are happy.’ Pronouns help us avoid repeating the same name in every sentence.
The reader must still know whom the pronoun means. If two children are mentioned, ‘She has a book’ may be unclear unless the context identifies the child. Use a name again when needed. ‘We’ includes the speaker and another person; ‘you’ addresses the listener. Treat people’s names and pronouns respectfully. We generally use ‘it’ for a thing or an animal whose sex is unknown, but people may use he or she for a known pet.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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‘Have’ and ‘has’ can tell us about possession or a feature. Use have with I, you, we and they: ‘I have a pen.’ Use has with he, she, it or one named person: ‘She has a pen.’ The thing owned can be one object or several; it is the subject that helps choose have or has.
Compare ‘He has two books’ and ‘They have one book’. The number of books does not decide the verb. Read from the beginning and find the person or thing being described. A short home description can combine the pattern with adjectives: ‘Our house has a blue door.’ In speaking, contracted forms may be heard, but use the clear full forms while learning the pattern. Check each sentence by saying the subject and verb together before adding the rest.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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An adjective adds information about a noun. ‘A bag’ becomes ‘a small bag’ or ‘a red bag’.
In these phrases, the adjective comes before the noun.
We can also say ‘The bag is red’, placing the adjective after is.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
It is a small room.
Moderate / Add a little
The cup is on the table.
Challenge / Try when ready
The dog is behind the door.
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An adjective adds information about a noun. ‘A bag’ becomes ‘a small bag’ or ‘a red bag’. In these phrases, the adjective comes before the noun. We can also say ‘The bag is red’, placing the adjective after is. A describing word should add a detail the reader can understand, such as colour, size or a familiar quality.
Place words tell us where something is: in, on, under, near and behind are useful at home. ‘The ball is under the chair’ gives more information than ‘The ball is there’. Choose a clear object as the reference point. When writing two sentences about a room, one can name an object and the next can locate it. Use a real room or an imagined drawing so you can check whether the description matches what you mean.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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