Grammar Lessons
English grammar, explained simply, with examples from everyday life in Sri Lanka.
Take it one small step at a time. Every lesson works the same way:
- In one minute at the top: the rule, the pattern and one example. If you only need a reminder, that's enough.
- Examples you can relate to. Tap සිංහලෙන් on any example box to see the Sinhala meanings. Tap it again to hide them.
- Common mistakes that Sri Lankans make, so you can avoid them.
- Quick check at the end. Tap an answer to see if you got it. Nothing is saved, so don't worry about getting it wrong!
හැම පාඩමකම මුලින්ම තියෙන්නේ විනාඩියකින් කියවන්න පුළුවන් සාරාංශයක්. උදාහරණවල සිංහල තේරුම බලන්න සිංහලෙන් බොත්තම ඔබන්න. අන්තිමට පොඩි ප්රශ්න ටිකක් තියෙනවා. වැරදුණාට කමක් නෑ, කිසිම දෙයක් සේව් වෙන්නේ නෑ.
Where should I start?
New to English grammar? Go in this order:
- Nouns, then pronouns and a / an / the
- The simple present and the present continuous
- The simple past
- The future with will
- Adjectives and adverbs
- The present perfect (take your time with this one!)
- Conditionals and relative clauses
All the lessons
Word classes
The kinds of words, and how they work.
- Nouns: Kasun, kottu, happiness
- Pronouns: I, me, my, mine, someone
- Adjectives: hot, bigger, the best
- Adverbs: quickly, always, very
- Determiners: a, the, this, some, every
Tenses
When things happen.
| Simple | Continuous | Perfect | Perfect continuous | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | I eat | I'm eating | I've eaten | I've been eating |
| Past | I ate | I was eating | I'd eaten | I'd been eating |
| Future | I'll eat | I'll be eating | I'll have eaten | I'll have been eating |
And conditionals: If it rains, we'll stay home.
Relative clauses
Joining ideas with who, which, that, whose and where.
Found a mistake, or want a lesson on something else? Email me at pivee@engspire.lk. 😊