Essential Verbs - A
The 49 essential verbs that start with A, each with its pronunciation, Sinhala meaning, patterns and an example for every pattern.
Each verb shows its pronunciation, its Sinhala meaning, and an example for each pattern. To scan every verb in one table, open the full list.
accept
/əkˈsept/බාරගන්නවා, එකඟවෙනවා
- accept someone/something (as something)
- I accept John as my best friend.
accompany
/əˈkʌmpəni/එක්ව යනවා, එක්ව පවතිනවා
- accompany someone
- I will accompany you to the party tonight.
- accompany something
- The music will accompany the dancing in the traditional ceremony.
accuse
/əˈkjuːz/චෝදනා කරනවා
- accuse someone (of something)
- She accused her brother of stealing her phone.
ache
/eɪk/රිදෙනවා
- ache from something
- My stomach aches from eating too much.
achieve
/əˈtʃiːv/මුදුන්පත් කරගන්නවා
- achieve something
- She was able to achieve the highest score in the class.
acknowledge
/əkˈnɒlɪdʒ/පිළිගන්නවා, ප්‍රසිද්ධියේ කෘතඥතාවය පළකරනවා
- acknowledge something
- I acknowledge the importance of learning new vocabulary words every day.
- acknowledge that...
- I acknowledge that I made a mistake on the test and will work harder to improve my grade.
acquire
/əˈkwaɪə(r)/උත්සාහයෙන් ලබාගන්නවා
- acquire something
- She acquired a new skill through practice and determination.
act
/ækt/ක්‍රියාකරනවා, හැසිරෙනවා, රඟපානවා
- act (as …)
- Sarah acts as the leader of our group.
- act (+ noun/adj.)
- She acted innocent when I caught her stealing from the store.
- act (something)
- She acted surprised when she received the award.
add
/æd/එකතුකරනවා
- add something (to something)
- She added cinnamon to her coffee to make it taste better.
admire
/ədˈmaɪə(r)/වර්ණනා කරනවා
- admire someone/ something (for doing something)
- I admire my mother for her strength and resilience.
admit
/ədˈmɪt/(කරපු දෙයක්) පිළිගන්නවා, (කෙනක්ව) දෙයකට ඇතුලත් කරනවා
- admit something
- He admitted his mistake.
- admit to something
- The boy admitted to breaking the window.
- admit to doing something
- The student admitted to copying the answers from another student's test.
- admit that...
- She admitted that she had made a mistake.
- admit someone to/into something
- He was admitted into the university based on his excellent academic record.
advertise
/ˈædvətaɪz/දැන්වීම් පළකරනවා, ප්‍රසිද්ධියට පත් කරනවා
- advertise something
- I advertise my products on social media platforms to reach a wider audience.
- advertise for someone/something
- I advertise for my friend's bakery by sharing their pictures on social media.
advise
/ədˈvaɪz/අවවාද කරනවා
- advise someone/something
- I advise you to study harder for your exams.
- advise someone to do something
- I advise you to study harder for your upcoming exam.
- advise doing something
- I advise studying hard for the upcoming exam.
- advise on/about
- I advise on/about proper essay writing techniques.
affect
/əˈfekt/බලපානවා
- affect someone/something
- The new policy will affect students' grades.
afford
/əˈfɔːd/ඔරොත්තු දෙනවා, දරාගන්නවා
- afford something
- He cannot afford the new car.
- afford to do something
- I can afford to buy a new car now.
- afford something to do something
- He cannot afford to buy a car with his current salary.
agree
/əˈɡriː/එකඟ වෙනවා
- agree with someone/something (on/about something)
- I agree with my friend on the plan for our trip.
aim
/eɪm/ඉලක්ක කරනවා, උත්සාහ කරනවා
- aim (for/at someone/something)
- I aim for a passing grade in my English class.
- aim to do something
- We aim to finish the project on time.
- aim at doing something
- She aims at being the top student in her class.
allow
/əˈlaʊ/යම් දෙයක් කරන්න ඉඩ දෙනවා
- allow something
- The teacher allows the students to use their textbooks during the test.
- allow someone to do something
- He allowed his daughter to go to the party.
alter
/ˈɔːltə(r)/වෙනස් වෙනවා, වෙනස් කරනවා
- alter someone/something
- She altered her appearance with makeup and a new hairstyle.
amuse
/əˈmjuːz/විනෝදයට පත් කරනවා
- amuse someone
- I amuse my students with funny stories during our English lessons.
analyse
/ˈænəlaɪz/විශ්ලේෂණය කරනවා
- analyse something
- I will analyse the data before making a decision.
anger
/ˈæŋɡə(r)/කෙනෙක්ව තරහ ගස්සනවා
- anger someone
- My boss's rude behavior always angers me.
announce
/əˈnaʊns/නිවේදනය කරනවා
- announce something (to someone)
- The principal announced the winner of the school's spelling bee to the entire student body.
- announce that...
- The speaker announced that the meeting would be postponed until next week.
annoy
/əˈnɔɪ/තරහ ගස්සනවා
- annoy someone (to do something)
- Tom's constant talking annoys me to study.
answer
/ˈɑːnsə(r)/උත්තර දෙනවා
- answer something
- I answered the phone.
- answer someone
- He answered me with a simple "yes" when I asked if he wanted to go to the
- answer someone something
- Sarah answered the teacher's question correctly.
anticipate
/ænˈtɪsɪpeɪt/කලින් සිතා යමක් කරනවා, අපේක්ෂා කරනවා, බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා
- anticipate something
- I anticipate a busy day ahead of me.
- anticipate (something) doing something
- I anticipate finishing my homework by 9 PM.
- anticipate that...
- I anticipate that she will arrive at the party at 7 PM.
- anticipate wh-
- I anticipate what the future holds for me.
apologize
/əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/සමාව ඉල්ලනවා
- apologize (to someone) (for something)
- I apologize to my brother for breaking his toy.
appear
/əˈpɪə(r)/මතුවෙනවා, පෙනීසිටිනවා
- appear (+ adj.)
- The moon appears bright tonight.
- appear to (be/ have …)
- She appears to be exhausted after a long day at work.
applaud
/əˈplɔːd/ප්‍රීති ඝෝෂා කරනවා, අත්පොලොසන් දෙනවා, ප්‍රශංසා කරනවා
- applaud someone
- He applauds his sister's piano recital.
- applaud something
- I applaud your hard work and dedication to learning English.
apply
/əˈplaɪ/යමක් සඳහා ඉල්ලුම් කරනවා, ආලේප කරනවා
- apply for something
- I applied for a job at the local hospital.
- apply something
- I will apply for a job at the bookstore tomorrow.
appoint
/əˈpɔɪnt/පත් කරනවා
- appoint someone (as something) (to something)
- The company appointed John as the new team leader to oversee the project.
appreciate
/əˈpriːʃieɪt/අගය කරනවා
- appreciate someone/something
- I appreciate your hard work in class.
- appreciate doing something
- I appreciate studying English every day.
- appreciate someone doing something
- I appreciate her helping me with my English homework.
- appreciate that...
- I appreciate that you took the time to study for the test.
approach
/əˈprəʊtʃ/කිට්ටුවට එනවා, යෝජනාවක් කරනවා
- approach someone/something
- I approached the door and knocked.
- approach someone (for/about something)
- He approached his boss for a promotion.
approve
/əˈpruːv/අනුමත කරනවා
- approve something
- The chairman will approve the new budget proposal.
- approve of (someone) doing something
- I approve of her studying abroad.
argue
/ˈɑːɡjuː/වාද කරනවා
- argue (with someone) (about/over something)
- I argued with my brother about what movie to watch.
arrange
/əˈreɪndʒ/පිළිවෙලකට සකස් කරනවා, සැලසුම් කරනවා
- arrange something
- I arranged my books on the shelf in alphabetical order.
- arrange with someone (about something)
- I will arrange with my boss about my work schedule for next week.
arrest
/əˈrest/අත්අඩංගුවට ගන්නවා
- arrest someone (for something)
- She was arrested for stealing from the store.
arrive
/əˈraɪv/පැමිණෙනවා, ළඟාවෙනවා
- arrive adv./prep.
- She will arrive at the airport in an hour.
ask
/ɑːsk/විමසනවා, ඉල්ලනවා
- ask someone/something (about someone/something)
- I asked my teacher about the upcoming test.
- ask someone something
- Sarath asked his teacher a question.
- ask wh-
- I will ask what time the movie starts.
- ask for something
- She asked for a glass of water.
assist
/əˈsɪst/උදවු කරනවා
- assist (someone) (in/with something)
- She assisted her elderly neighbor in carrying her groceries.
associate
/əˈsəʊʃieɪt/ආශ්‍රය කරනවා, හිතින් සම්බන්ධ කරගන්නවා
- associate with something
- I usually don't like to associate with negative people.
- associate someone/something
- She associates her success with hard work and determination.
assume
/əˈsjuːm/උපකල්පනය කරනවා
- assume (that)
- I assume that you are ready for your English test tomorrow.
- assume someone/something
- I assume you have completed your homework.
attach
/əˈtætʃ/අමුණනවා
- attach something to something
- I will attach the document to the email.
attack
/əˈtæk/පහර දෙනවා
- attack someone/something (with something)
- The lion attacked the zebra with its sharp claws.
attempt
/əˈtempt/උත්සාහ කරනවා
- attempt to do something
- He will attempt to solve the puzzle.
- attempt something
- He attempted the math problem three times before finally getting the correct answer.
attend
/əˈtend/සහභාගී වෙනවා, අවධානය යොමුකරනවා
- attend something
- She will attend the seminar tomorrow.
- attend to someone/something
- The nurse will attend to the patient's wound before giving them medication.
attract
/əˈtrækt/ආකර්ෂණය කරගන්නවා
- attract someone/something
- She used her colorful outfit to attract the attention of the crowd.
- attract someone/something to someone/something
- She used her charm to attract the attention of the audience to her performance.
avoid
/əˈvɔɪd/මගහරිනවා
- avoid someone/something
- We must avoid dangerous situations.
- avoid doing something
- I always avoid eating spicy food.
award
/əˈwɔːd/ප්‍රදානය කරනවා
- award something (to someone)
- She will award the prize to the winner.
- award (someone) something
- The organization will award the top student a scholarship.
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