reads; play. Example habit: I help at home every evening. Other accurate habits are possible.
Mala සමඟ reads ද We සමඟ play ද ය; පුරුද්ද ගැන වෙනත් නිවැරදි වාක්‍යයක්ද පිළිගන්න.
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The present simple describes habits and repeated actions. Use the basic verb with I, you, we and they. With he, she or it, add s or the appropriate ending: ‘She plays’, ‘He watches’. Some verbs change spelling, such as ‘study’ to ‘studies’. Have changes to has. A time phrase tells the reader how often or when the routine happens. ‘Our bus arrives at seven. My brother studies after dinner.’ Both describe regular actions, even when they are not happening now.
Find the subject first and then choose the verb form. Build a short paragraph about a real routine, checking each new subject separately. A sentence beginning with I does not make all later verbs use the same form if a new person is introduced.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Use do with I/you/we/they and does with he/she/it in present-simple questions.
Use do not or does not for negatives. After does, keep the main verb in its base form.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
You read daily. → Do you read daily?
You සමඟ ප්‍රශ්නයට do යොදයි.
Moderate / Add a little
She reads daily. → Does she read daily?
Does යෙදූ නිසා reads වෙනුවට read යොදයි.
Challenge / Try when ready
He walks to school. → He does not walk to school.
නැත යන අර්ථයට does not walk යොදයි.
Try it / පුහුණු වෙමු
Complete: ___ she like rice? He does not ___ (walk) to school. Make They play cricket into a question.
හිස්තැන් පුරවා, අවසාන වාක්‍යය ප්‍රශ්නයක් කරන්න.
Check a possible answer / පිළිතුර බලන්න
Does; walk; Do they play cricket? Use a question mark for each question.
පිළිතුරු Does, walk හා Do they play cricket? ය; ප්‍රශ්න අගට ප්‍රශ්නාර්ථ ලකුණ යොදන්න.
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Use do or does to ask many present-simple questions. Do goes with I, you, we and they; does goes with he, she and it. After either helper, the main verb returns to its basic form: ‘Does he play?’ For negatives, use do not or does not: ‘She does not play’. The helper carries the grammatical change. ‘Nima likes tea’ becomes ‘Does Nima like tea?’ and ‘Nima does not like tea.’ Likes changes back to like in both versions.
Read the original statement and name the person. Choose do or does, then check that the main verb has no extra s. Keep the message the same while changing the sentence type. Short answers use the helper: ‘Yes, she does’ or ‘No, she doesn’t’.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Clock language helps people arrange a day. ‘Seven o’clock’ means 7:00; ‘half past seven’ means 7:30; ‘quarter past seven’ means 7:15.
A quarter is fifteen minutes. ‘Quarter to eight’ means 7:45 because fifteen minutes remain before eight.
Digital times can also be read clearly, such as ‘seven forty-five’.
See it. Say it. Understand it.
Easy / Start here
At nine o’clock.
Moderate / Add a little
On Friday morning.
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Clock language helps people arrange a day. ‘Seven o’clock’ means 7:00; ‘half past seven’ means 7:30; ‘quarter past seven’ means 7:15. A quarter is fifteen minutes. ‘Quarter to eight’ means 7:45 because fifteen minutes remain before eight. Digital times can also be read clearly, such as ‘seven forty-five’. Use at for a clock time: ‘The lesson starts at eight.’ Use on with a day and in with many parts of the day: ‘on Monday’, ‘in the morning’.
Look carefully at both clock hands and connect the words to the written time. In a daily description, include only times that matter. Read the full sentence to check the preposition and the time together. Remember that ‘at night’ is a familiar exception to the in pattern.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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