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Essential Verbs - Q

The 3 essential verbs that start with Q, 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.

question

/ˈkwestʃən/

ප්‍රශ්න කරනවා

question something
She questioned his decision to quit his job.
question someone (about/on something)
I will question my students about their understanding of the lesson.
question wh-
I will now question what you understand about grammar.

quit

/kwɪt/

ඉවත්ව යනවා, අත්හැර දමනවා

quit something
I quit smoking last year.
quit as something
She quit as the CEO of the company.
quit doing something
She quit smoking last month.

quote

/kwəʊt/

උපුටා දක්වනවා

quote something (from someone/something)
I asked my students to quote a line from their favorite book as an example of descriptive language.
quote someone
I will quote Shakespeare in my essay to support my argument.
quote someone something
The teacher quoted the students the correct pronunciation of the word.

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