Engspire × Engreesi

Essential Verbs

1,050 everyday English verbs from A to Z, each with its pronunciation, Sinhala meanings, the patterns it follows and an example sentence for every pattern.

Verb එකක තේරුම දැනගත්තට මදි. ඒකට පස්සේ එන්නේ මොකක්ද කියලත් දැනගන්න ඕනේ: කෙනෙක්ද, දෙයක්ද, to doද, doingද, that…ද. හැම verb එකකම සිංහල තේරුම, උච්චාරණය, ඒක පාවිච්චි වෙන රටා සහ එක එක රටාවට උදාහරණ වාක්‍යයක් මෙතන තියෙනවා.

How to use these lists

  1. Open a letter. Each verb shows its meaning, its patterns, and an example for each pattern.
  2. Read the pattern first, then the example, and notice the small words: of, for, to, with.
  3. Say each example out loud, then make one sentence of your own about your day.

Five verbs a day is plenty. A verb you have used in your own sentence is one you will remember.

A to Z

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A verb marked * is irregular. Its past forms are in Irregular Verbs, and the tenses show how every verb changes for the time you are talking about. A verb marked ** can take either form: burned or burnt.

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  1. The police accused him lying.

  2. Try to avoid too much sugar.

  3. She applied a job at the bank.