calculate

🗣️ /ˈkælkjuleɪt/

ගණනය කරනවා

How to use "calculate" in a sentence:

calculate something

• I calculate the answer to the math problem.

call

🗣️ /kɔːl/

අඬගසනවා, අමතනවා

How to use "call" in a sentence:

call someone/something

• I will call my mom tomorrow.

call someone + noun/adj.

• She called the doctor for her sick child.

cancel

🗣️ /ˈkænsl/

අත්හිටුවනවා

How to use "cancel" in a sentence:

cancel (something)

• She cancelled her flight.

capture

🗣️ /ˈkæptʃə(r)/

යටත් කරගන්නවා

How to use "capture" in a sentence:

capture someone/something

• I captured a beautiful butterfly to show to my students in our science lesson.

care

🗣️ /keə(r)/

ගණන් ගන්නවා, සලකනවා

How to use "care" in a sentence:

care about something

• I care about my students' progress in learning English.

care that...

• I care that my students understand the importance of good grammar.

carry

🗣️ /ˈkæri/

ඔසවාගෙන යනවා, ගෙන යනවා

How to use "carry" in a sentence:

carry someone/something

• I carried my backpack to school this morning.

carve

🗣️ /kɑːv/

කැටයම් කරනවා, නෙළනවා

How to use "carve" in a sentence:

carve something

• He carefully carved a pumpkin for Halloween.

catch*

🗣️ /kætʃ/

අල්ලගන්නවා, ලෙඩක් බෝකරගන්නවා

How to use "catch" in a sentence:

catch someone/something

• She caught the ball with her bare hands.

cause

🗣️ /kɔːz/

හේතුකාරක වෙනවා

How to use "cause" in a sentence:

cause something (for someone)

• "The teacher caused the students to understand the lesson (for them)."

cause someone something

• The loud noise caused the dog to bark.

celebrate

🗣️ /ˈselɪbreɪt/

සමරනවා

How to use "celebrate" in a sentence:

celebrate something

• "She celebrates her birthday every year with a big party."

challenge

🗣️ /ˈtʃælɪndʒ/

අභියෝගයට ලක් කරනවා, අභියෝග කරනවා

How to use "challenge" in a sentence:

challenge something

• One example sentence could be: "I always challenge myself to try new things and step outside of my

challenge someone (to do something)

• I challenged my students to complete the assignment in under 30 minutes.

change

🗣️ /tʃeɪndʒ/

වෙනස් වෙනවා/කරනවා

How to use "change" in a sentence:

change (someone/something)

• I will change my hairstyle for the school dance.

charge

🗣️ /tʃɑːdʒ/

අය කරනවා, විදුලිය ආරෝපණය කරනවා, පහර දෙනවා, නඩු පවරනවා

How to use "charge" in a sentence:

charge something for something

• I charge $10 for each tutoring session.

charge someone for something

• I will charge you for the damaged equipment.

charge someone something

• I charge my students five dollars for each missed homework assignment.

charge (someone) to do something

• I will charge you to complete your homework on time.

chase

🗣️ /tʃeɪs/

පස්සෙන් පන්නනවා

How to use "chase" in a sentence:

chase someone/something

• The dog always likes to chase the squirrels in the park.

chat

🗣️ /tʃæt/

පිළිසඳරෙහි යෙදෙනවා

How to use "chat" in a sentence:

chat to/with someone (about someone/something)

• I often chat to my sister about our plans for the weekend.

cheat

🗣️ /tʃiːt/

රවටනවා, හොර කරනවා

How to use "cheat" in a sentence:

cheat someone/something

• He cheated his friend out of his money.

cheat at something

• She likes to cheat at card games.

cheat (on someone)

• She cheated on her boyfriend by going out with another guy.

check

🗣️ /tʃek/

තත්වය පරික්ෂා කරනවා, හරි වැරදි බලනවා

How to use "check" in a sentence:

check someone/something (for something)

• Please check your bags for any prohibited items before entering the airport.

cheer

🗣️ /tʃɪə(r)/

ඔල්වරසන් දෙනවා, සතුටු කරනවා

How to use "cheer" in a sentence:

cheer (someone)

• The whole school came out to cheer the soccer team on.

chew

🗣️ /tʃuː/

විකනවා, හපනවා

How to use "chew" in a sentence:

chew something

• She chewed the gum loudly.

chew on something

• She chews on her pencil while thinking.

choke

🗣️ /tʃəʊk/

හුස්ම හිර වෙනවා/කරනවා

How to use "choke" in a sentence:

choke (on something)

• My teacher choked on her drink during our lesson.

choke someone

• I could choke someone for their rude comments.

choose*

🗣️ /tʃuːz/

තෝරාගන්නවා

How to use "choose" in a sentence:

choose (someone/something)

• She chose her favorite movie for movie night.

choose wh

• I will choose whichever book is your favorite.

chop

🗣️ /tʃɒp/

කපා දමනවා

How to use "chop" in a sentence:

chop something

• I chop onions for dinner.

claim

🗣️ /kleɪm/

ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටිනවා, හිමිකම් ඉල්ලනවා

How to use "claim" in a sentence:

claim that...

• He claims that he can speak five languages fluently.

claim something

• He claimed the book as his own.

clap

🗣️ /klæp/

අත්පුඩි ගහනවා, අත්පොලොසන් දෙනවා

How to use "clap" in a sentence:

clap (someone/something)

• I clap my hands.

clean

🗣️ /kliːn/

පිරිසිදු කරනවා

How to use "clean" in a sentence:

clean (something)

• She cleaned the dishes.

clear

🗣️ /klɪə(r)/

නිරවුල් කරනවා, නිරවුල් වෙනවා

How to use "clear" in a sentence:

clear (something)

• The teacher cleared the board after the lesson.

climb

🗣️ /klaɪm/

(ඉහළට) නගිනවා

How to use "climb" in a sentence:

climb (up) something

• She climbed the ladder quickly.

close

🗣️ /kləʊz/

වහනවා, සමීප වෙනවා

How to use "close" in a sentence:

close (something)

• "Close the door, please."

coach

🗣️ /kəʊtʃ/

පුහුණු කරවනවා

How to use "coach" in a sentence:

coach someone (in/on/for something)

• I coach students in mathematics every Saturday morning.

coach something

• I coach my students in proper grammar and sentence structure.

collapse

🗣️ /kəˈlæps/

(ගොඩනැගිල්ලක්/කෙනක්/ ඇටවුමක්) කඩා වැටෙනවා

How to use "collapse" in a sentence:

• The building collapsed suddenly.

collect

🗣️ /kəˈlekt/

රැස් කරනවා, ලබා ගන්නවා

How to use "collect" in a sentence:

collect something (from someone/something)

• She collected her books from the library.

colour

🗣️ /ˈkʌlə(r)/

පාට කරනවා

How to use "colour" in a sentence:

colour something

• He coloured the wall blue.

comb

🗣️ /kəʊm/

පීරනවා, ක්‍රමානුකූලව පිරික්සනවා

How to use "comb" in a sentence:

comb something

• The girl combs her hair before going to school.

comb through something

• I combed through the documents to find the correct equation for the problem.

combine

🗣️ /kəmˈbaɪn/

එකට එකතු කරනවා/වෙනවා

How to use "combine" in a sentence:

combine with something

• He combined his love for music with his engineering skills to create a unique sound system.

combine something (with something)

• I combine flour with sugar to make a cake.

come*

🗣️ /kʌm/

එනවා, පැවතගෙන එනවා

How to use "come" in a sentence:

come adv./prep.

• The children come through the door.

comfort

🗣️ /ˈkʌmfət/

සනසනවා, අස්වසනවා

How to use "comfort" in a sentence:

comfort someone

• I comforted Sarah after her dog passed away.

comment

🗣️ /ˈkɒment/

අදහස් දක්වනවා

How to use "comment" in a sentence:

comment (on something)

• She always comments on the food at the cafeteria.

comment that...

• She commented that she liked the new painting in the gallery.

commit

🗣️ /kəˈmɪt/

(අපරාධයක්) කරනවා, සියදිවි නසා ගන්නවා, යමක් කරන්නට බැඳෙනවා

How to use "commit" in a sentence:

commit (crimes/suicide)

• The criminal committed multiple crimes in the span of a year.

commit someone

• He committed his accomplice to the crime.

communicate

🗣️ /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/

සන්නිවේදනය කරනවා

How to use "communicate" in a sentence:

communicate with someone/something

• She communicates with her friends through a messaging app.

communicate something (to someone)

• I communicated the meeting time to my boss.

compare

🗣️ /kəmˈpeə(r)/

සංසන්දනය කරනවා

How to use "compare" in a sentence:

compare A with/to B

• I will now compare the size of the blue balloon to the red balloon.

compete

🗣️ /kəmˈpiːt/

තරඟ කරනවා

How to use "compete" in a sentence:

compete with/ against someone (for something)

• She competes with her older brother for the attention of their parents.

compile

🗣️ /kəmˈpaɪl/

(පොතක/ලේඛනයක) කරුණු එක්රැස් කරනවා, ග්‍රන්ථයක් සම්පාදනය කරනවා

How to use "compile" in a sentence:

compile something

• I will compile a list of common phrasal verbs for you to practice.

complain

🗣️ /kəmˈpleɪn/

නොසතුට පළකරනවා, පැමිණිලි කරනවා

How to use "complain" in a sentence:

complain (to someone) (about/of something)

• She complained to her boss about her co-worker's behavior.

complete

🗣️ /kəmˈpliːt/

සම්පූර්ණ කරනවා

How to use "complete" in a sentence:

complete something

• I completed my homework last night.

concentrate

🗣️ /ˈkɒnsntreɪt/

අවධානය යොමු කරනවා, ඒකරාශී කරනවා

How to use "concentrate" in a sentence:

concentrate (on something)

• I need you to concentrate on the lesson and not get distracted by other things.

concentrate something

• She struggles to concentrate the difficult concept.

concern

🗣️ /kənˈsɜːn/

අදාළ වෙනවා, යමක් හෝ යමෙක් ගැන කැක්කුමක් තියෙනවා

How to use "concern" in a sentence:

concern someone/something

• My main concern is helping my students improve their English skills.

conclude

🗣️ /kənˈkluːd/

අවසන් තීන්දුවකට එනවා, නිගමනය කරනවා

How to use "conclude" in a sentence:

conclude something

• I conclude that he is telling the truth.

conclude that...

• I concluded that I should study more after getting a bad grade on my test.

condemn

🗣️ /kənˈdem/

දැඩි අප්‍රසාදයට ලක්කරනවා

How to use "condemn" in a sentence:

condemn someone/something (for/as something)

• I condemn the students for cheating on the exam.

conduct

🗣️ /kənˈdʌkt/

මෙහෙයවනවා, හසුරවනවා

How to use "conduct" in a sentence:

conduct someone/something

• She conducts her choir with enthusiasm and passion.

confess

🗣️ /kənˈfes/

පාපොච්චාරණය කරනවා, වරදක් කළ බව පිළිගන්නවා

How to use "confess" in a sentence:

confess something

• I must confess my mistake.

confess to something

• He confessed to stealing the money from the donation box.

confess that...

• He confessed that he had stolen the money from his friend.

confirm

🗣️ /kənˈfɜːm/

තහවුරු කරනවා

How to use "confirm" in a sentence:

confirm something

• She will confirm the meeting tomorrow.

confirm someone (as …)

• She confirmed him as the winner of the competition.

confirm that...

• "I can confirm that the meeting will be held at 2 PM tomorrow."

confirm wh-

• "Can you confirm what time the meeting will start tomorrow?"

conflict

🗣️ /kənˈflɪkt/

(අදහස්/විශ්වාස/කතන්දර) එකනෙක ගැටෙනවා

How to use "conflict" in a sentence:

conflict (with something)

• Her schedule conflicts with mine, so we can't meet today.

confront

🗣️ /kənˈfrʌnt/

(විරෝධයට/කරදරයට) මුහුණපෑමට සලස්වනවා

How to use "confront" in a sentence:

confront someone/something

• I confront my fear every day by facing it head on.

confuse

🗣️ /kənˈfjuːz/

ව්‍යාකූල කරනවා, ව්‍යාකූල වෙනවා, පටලගන්නවා

How to use "confuse" in a sentence:

confuse (someone)

• The complex instructions confused the students.

confuse something

• She confused the two books and grabbed the wrong one.

confuse A and B

• Some possible examples could be:
• I am confused by the difference between the spelling of 'weather

connect

🗣️ /kəˈnekt/

සම්බන්ධ වෙනවා, සම්බන්ධ කරනවා

How to use "connect" in a sentence:

connect (someone/something) (to/with)

• I connected the computer to the printer to print out the document.

consent

🗣️ /kənˈsent/

අවසර දෙනවා

How to use "consent" in a sentence:

consent to something

• She willingly consented to signing the contract.

consider

🗣️ /kənˈsɪdə(r)/

සලකා බලනවා

How to use "consider" in a sentence:

consider someone/something

• I consider her to be the best student in the class.

consist

🗣️ /kənˈsɪst/

(යම් දෙයකින්) සමන්විත වෙනවා, (යම් දෙයක) පවතිනවා

How to use "consist" in a sentence:

consist of something

• The sandwich consists of ham, cheese, and lettuce.

consist in something

• She constantly struggles to improve her grades, but her lack of focus consists in her frequent social media

consult

🗣️ /kənˈsʌlt/

(තොරතුරු/උපදෙස්) විමසා බලනවා

How to use "consult" in a sentence:

consult someone (about something)

• I often consult my doctor about my health concerns.

consume

🗣️ /kənˈsjuːm/

පරිභෝජනය කරනවා, තද බල හැඟීමකින් පුරවනවා

How to use "consume" in a sentence:

consume something

• I consume coffee every morning.

consume someone (P.V.)

• She consumed me with her passionate gaze during the entire performance.

contact

🗣️ /ˈkɒntækt/

සන්නිවේදනය කරගන්නවා

How to use "contact" in a sentence:

contact someone

• I contacted my sister to let her know the meeting was canceled.

contain

🗣️ /kənˈteɪn/

(යම් දෙයකින්) සමන්විත වෙනවා, පැතිරීම වළක්වනවා, මෙල්ල කරගන්නවා

How to use "contain" in a sentence:

contain something

• The container contains water.

continue

🗣️ /kənˈtɪnjuː/

නොනවත්වා කරගෙන යනවා, විරාමයකින් පසුව කරගෙන යනවා

How to use "continue" in a sentence:

continue something

• We will continue the lesson tomorrow.

continue to do something

• She continues to study English every day.

continue doing something

• She continues teaching despite the students' lack of interest.

contribute

🗣️ /kənˈtrɪbjuːt/

(යම් දෙයකින්) දායක වෙනවා

How to use "contribute" in a sentence:

contribute (something) (to/towards something)

• She contributed her time and resources towards the local charity.

control

🗣️ /kənˈtrəʊl/

පාලනය කරනවා, හසුරවනවා, සීමා කරනවා

How to use "control" in a sentence:

control someone/something

• She struggled to control her emotions during the interview.

convert

🗣️ /kənˈvɜːt/

යම් දෙයක් වෙනත් දෙයක් බවට හැරෙනවා/හරවනවා

How to use "convert" in a sentence:

convert something (into something)

• She converted the attic into a home office.

convince

🗣️ /kənˈvɪns/

ඒත්තු ගන්වනවා

How to use "convince" in a sentence:

convince someone (of something)

• I convinced my parents of my academic achievements through my hard work and dedication.

convince someone that

• I convinced my friend that he should study for the exam.

cook

🗣️ /kʊk/

උයනවා

How to use "cook" in a sentence:

cook (something) (for someone)

• I cook dinner for my family every night.

cook someone something

• She cooked him dinner last night.

cooperate

🗣️ /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/

සහයෝගීව කටයුතු කරනවා

How to use "cooperate" in a sentence:

cooperate (with someone) (in/on something)

• She agreed to cooperate with her coworkers in the project.

cope

🗣️ /kəʊp/

අපහසු යමකට හෝ යමෙකුට සාර්ථකව මුහුණ දෙනවා

How to use "cope" in a sentence:

cope (with someone/something)

• She is learning how to cope with her new job.

copy

🗣️ /ˈkɒpi/

පිටපත් කරනවා, අනුකරණය කරනවා

How to use "copy" in a sentence:

copy someone/something

• He always copies his brother's homework.

correct

🗣️ /kəˈrekt/

වරද හරි ගස්සනවා

How to use "correct" in a sentence:

correct someone/something

• He corrected my pronunciation of the word "schedule".

cost**

🗣️ /kɒst/

මිල වෙනවා, (කෙනෙකුට යම් දෙයක්) වියදම් වෙනවා

How to use "cost*" in a sentence:

cost* something

• The movie ticket costs $10.

cost* someone something

• Buying a new car costs the man his entire savings.

cough

🗣️ /kɒf/

කහිනවා

How to use "cough" in a sentence:

• John coughed loudly during the presentation.

count

🗣️ /kaʊnt/

ගණන් කරනවා, වැදගත් වෙනවා, අදාළ වෙනවා

How to use "count" in a sentence:

count (something)

• I count the number of books on the shelf.

cover

🗣️ /ˈkʌvə(r)/

ආවරණය කරනවා

How to use "cover" in a sentence:

cover someone/something (with something) (from something)

• He covered his head with a hat to protect himself from the rain.

cover for someone

• She covered for her sick coworker by taking on some of their tasks for the day.

crack

🗣️ /kræk/

ඉරි තැළෙනවා, පළුදු වෙනවා

How to use "crack" in a sentence:

crack something

• The boys cracked the eggs into the bowl for their breakfast.

crash

🗣️ /kræʃ/

මහ හඬින් කැඩී බිඳවැටෙනවා, වාහනයක් යමක ගැටෙනවා

How to use "crash" in a sentence:

crash (into something)

• The car crashed into the tree.

crawl

🗣️ /krɔːl/

දණ ගාගෙන යනවා

How to use "crawl" in a sentence:

crawl (adv./prep.)

• The dog crawled under the table.

create

🗣️ /kriˈeɪt/

නිර්මාණය කරනවා

How to use "create" in a sentence:

create something

• She created a beautiful painting.

creep*

🗣️ /kriːp/

බඩ ගාගෙන යනවා

How to use "creep" in a sentence:

creep (adv./prep.)

• The spider slowly crept up the wall.

criticize

🗣️ /ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz/

විවේචනය කරනවා

How to use "criticize" in a sentence:

criticize someone/something

• She criticized her colleague's work in front of the entire team.

cross

🗣️ /krɒs/

යමක් හරහා යනවා, කෙනෙක්ව තරහ ගස්සනවා, මුහුම් කරනවා

How to use "cross" in a sentence:

cross something

• I will cross the road carefully.

cross someone

• He crossed me on the street without acknowledging my greeting.

cross A with/and B

• I crossed the street with my friend.

crush

🗣️ /krʌʃ/

තලනවා, කුඩු කරනවා, සම්පූර්ණයෙන් පරාජය කරනවා

How to use "crush" in a sentence:

crush someone/something

• I have a crush on my classmate.

cry

🗣️ /kraɪ/

අඬනවා, කෑ මොර දෙනවා

How to use "cry" in a sentence:

cry (for something)

• She cries for her lost teddy bear.

cry with something

• She cried with joy when she received the news of her promotion.

cry(over/about something)

• She always cries over sad movies.

cure

🗣️ /kjʊə(r)/

සුව කරනවා

How to use "cure" in a sentence:

cure something

• Doctors can cure diseases using medication.

cure someone (of something)

• He cured her of her fear of heights.

cut*

🗣️ /kʌt/

කැපෙනවා, කපනවා, කපාහරිනවා

How to use "cut" in a sentence:

cut something

• I cut my hair yesterday.

cut someone something

• I will cut you a slice of cake.

cut something for someone

• I will cut the paper for you.