Essential Verbs - G

The 23 essential verbs that start with G, 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.

A verb marked * is irregular: its past forms are in Irregular Verbs.

gain

/ɡeɪn/

(ලාභයක්/වාසියක්) ලඟා කරනවා/කර දෙනවා

gain something (by/from something): She gained valuable knowledge from her experience in the internship.
gain someone something: The charity fundraiser gained the organization a significant amount of money.

gallop

/ˈɡæləp/

පිම්මේ යනවා

gallop (adv./prep.): The horses galloped through the open field, their hooves thundering in unison.

gamble

/ˈɡæmbl/

සූදු කෙළිනවා, වාසි අපේක්ෂාවෙන් අවදානමක් ගන්නවා

gamble (something) (at/on something): She gambled all of her savings on a single hand of poker.

garden

/ˈɡɑːdn/

ගෙවතු වැඩ කරනවා

garden: She gardens every day.

gargle

/ˈɡɑːɡl/

උගුර සෝදනවා

gargle (with something): She gargled with warm salt water to soothe her sore throat.

garrotte

/ɡəˈrɒt/

(යම් දෙයකින්) බෙල්ල හිර කර මරනවා

garrotte someone: He attempted to garrotte his victim from behind with a strip of cloth.

gasp

/ɡɑːsp/

(විශ්මයෙන්/අපහසුවෙන්) හුස්මක් ඉහලට අදිනවා, අමාරුවෙන් හුම අදිනවා, අමාරුවෙන් හුස්ම අරං යමක් කියනවා

gasp (at something): She gasped at the beautiful view from the top of the mountain.
gasp (for air): The swimmer gasped for air as she surfaced from the deep end of the pool.
gasp something out: He gasped his last words out before collapsing.

gather

/ˈɡæðə(r)/

රැස් කරනවා, රැස් වෙනවා

gather (adv./prep.): The family gathered around the dinner table.
gather someone/something together/up: She gathers her students together for a group activity.

gaze

/ɡeɪz/

ඕනෑකමින් බලා සිටිනවා

gaze at something: She gazes at the stars in wonder.
gaze into: She gazed into the distance, lost in thought.
gaze adv./prep.: He gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

get*

/ɡet/

ලබා ගන්නවා, සලසා ගන්නවා etc.

get something (for someone): She got some water for her friend.
get someone something: She got me a glass of water.
get (someone/something) + adj.: I got my students excited about learning English by using fun activities in class.
get used to: I am trying to get used to the food here in Sri Lanka.
get (someone/something) to do something: I got my students to complete their homework on time.
get (someone/something) doing something: She got her students studying harder by offering incentives.
get something done: We need to get our homework done by tomorrow.
get adv./prep.: He got out of bed quickly.

give*

/ɡɪv/

දෙනවා, ප්‍රදානය කරනවා

give someone something: He gave me a book.
give something (to someone): She gave the book to her friend.

go*

/gəʊ/

යනවා etc.

go (from …) (to …) (with someone) (to do something): She went from the classroom to the library with her friend to study.
go (adv./prep.) (something): He goes to school every morning.

go*

/gəʊ/

තැනකට ගිහින් එනවා

go to …: I go to school every day.

grab

/ɡræb/

තදින් අල්ලගන්නවා, උදුරාගන්නවා

grab (something): I grabbed the pencil from the desk.

graduate

/ˈɡrædʒueɪt/

උපාධිය ලබාගන්නවා

graduate (from something): The student graduated from university last year.
graduate (in something): I will graduate in English next year.
graduate something: She graduated high school with honors.

grant

/ɡrɑːnt/

(ඉල්ලීමක්) ලබාදෙනවා

grant something (to someone): The government will grant financial aid to college students in need.
grant someone something: We will grant you an extension on your assignment.

greet

/ɡriːt/

ආචාර සමාචාර කරනවා, පිළිගන්නවා

greet someone (with something): I greet my students with a warm smile every morning.

grow*

/ɡrəʊ/

වැවෙනවා, වවනවා, වර්ධනය වෙනවා

grow (something): The tree grows apples in the fall.
grow (in something): He grows in confidence every day as he practices speaking English.
grow + adj.: She grows taller every year.

guarantee

/ˌɡærənˈtiː/

වගකීම් ඉටු කරන බවට සහතික/පොරොන්දු/ඇප වෙනවා

guarantee something: I guarantee the quality of this product.
guarantee someone something: I guarantee you a passing grade if you study hard for the exam.
guarantee (that): I guarantee that tomorrow's lesson will be more interesting.
guarantee to do something: I guarantee to finish my homework before tomorrow's class.