take*

🗣️ /teɪk/

අරගෙන යනවා, ගන්නවා, එක්කගෙන යනවා, බාරගන්නවා etc.

How to use "take" in a sentence:

take something (with someone)

• Lisa will take the book with her to school tomorrow.

take something (to someone/something)

• I will take the package to the post office tomorrow.

take someone (to something)

• She took her brother to the park.

take someone doing something

• I will take you shopping tomorrow.

take someone to do something

• I will take her to the airport tomorrow.

take someone/something (adv./prep.)

• She took the bus to school this morning.

take something/someone (from someone/something)

• She took the cookie from her brother.

take something (as something)

• I will take the book as my reference for the project.

take someone/something (as someone/something)

• I will take Jane as my partner for the project.

talk

🗣️ /tɔːk/

කතා කරනවා, කතාවෙන් නම්මා ගන්නවා

How to use "talk" in a sentence:

talk (to/with someone) (about something/someone)

• I talked to my sister about her plans for the weekend.

talk of someone/something

• Many people talk of the beauty of the island of Sri Lanka.

talk someone into/out of something

• He talked me out of buying the expensive watch.

tap

🗣️ /tæp/

(ඇඟිල්ලෙන්) තට්ටු කරනවා

How to use "tap" in a sentence:

tap (at something)

• She tapped at the door to get my attention.

tap (something) on something

• She tapped her pencil on the desk to get the teacher's attention.

target

🗣️ /ˈtɑːɡɪt/

ඉලක්ක කරනවා

How to use "target" in a sentence:

target someone/something [P.V.]

• The team targeted their rivals in the final match of the tournament.

taste

🗣️ /teɪst/

(අහාරයක) කිසියම් රසක් තියෙනවා, රස බලනවා

How to use "taste" in a sentence:

taste + adj.

• The soup tastes salty.

taste of something

• The taste of the soup was too salty for my liking.

taste like something

• The curry tastes like home.

taste something

• I can taste the sweetness of the chocolate in this dessert.

teach*

🗣️ /tiːtʃ/

උගන්වනවා, යමක් කියා දෙනවා

How to use "teach" in a sentence:

teach something (to someone)

• I will teach math to my students tomorrow after school.

teach someone something

• I will teach my students grammar rules in English.

teach (someone to do) something

• "I will teach you to speak English fluently."

teach someone (that)

• I will teach my students that practice makes perfect.

teach someone (wh-)

• I will teach you how to write a proper sentence.

tear*

🗣️ /teə(r)/

ඉරනවා/ඉරාගන්නවා, වේගයෙන් ඇද දමනවා

How to use "tear" in a sentence:

tear (something) (adv./prep.)

• "I will tear down the old posters on the wall tomorrow."

tease

🗣️ /tiːz/

උසුළු විසුළු කරනවා

How to use "tease" in a sentence:

tease someone

• I love to tease my sister by tickling her every time she walks into the room.

tell*

🗣️ /tel/

කියනවා

How to use "tell" in a sentence:

tell something to someone

• She told her friend the secret.

tell someone something

• I told my students the importance of practicing everyday.

tell someone that

• He told me that he would be late for the meeting.

tell wh-

• Tell me where you hid the key.

tend

🗣️ /tend/

යමක් කරන්නට නැඹුරු වෙනවා, සාත්තු කරනවා, රැක බලා ගන්නවා

How to use "tend" in a sentence:

tend to do something

• Students tend to make more mistakes when rushed during an exam.

tend (to) someone/something

• She tends to her sick grandmother every evening after school.

test

🗣️ /test/

පරීක්ෂා කර බලනවා, අත් හදා බලනවා

How to use "test" in a sentence:

test something

• I will test your understanding of English by giving you a test on grammar and vocabulary.

test someone (on something)

• I will test my students on their knowledge of grammar tomorrow.

test someone/something (for something)

• I will test my students for their understanding of the English verb phrase 'test'.

test something on someone/something

• I will test your understanding on this topic before moving on to the next lesson.

text

🗣️ /tekst/

කෙටි ලිඛිත පණිවිඩයක් යවනවා

How to use "text" in a sentence:

text (someone) (something)

• I texted my friend my address for the party.

text something (to someone)

• I will text my friend the address for the party.

thank

🗣️ /θæŋk/

ස්තුති කරනවා

How to use "thank" in a sentence:

thank someone (for something)

• I thank my parents for always supporting me.

thank someone (for doing something)

• I thank my teacher for helping me with my English homework.

think*

🗣️ /θɪŋk/

හිතනවා, කල්පනා කරනවා

How to use "think" in a sentence:

think (that)

• I think that the book is interesting.

think (wh-)

• I think who asked the question is confused.

think about someone/something

• I think about my family every day.

threaten

🗣️ /ˈθretn/

තර්ජනය කරනවා

How to use "threaten" in a sentence:

threaten someone (with something)

• She threatened her brother with a wooden spoon if he didn't finish his homework on time.

threaten (someone ) that

• She threatened him that she would report him to the authorities if he didn't return the stolen goods

threaten to do something

• The man threatened to report his neighbors for being too loud.

throw*

🗣️ /θrəʊ/

විසි කරනවා, දොට්ට දානවා, බිම ඇද දමනවා

How to use "throw" in a sentence:

throw (something) (to someone)

• The teacher threw the ball to her student.

throw someone something

• I threw my friend the ball during our game of catch.

throw something (adv./prep.)

• She threw the ball into the air.

throw someone/something + adv./prep.

• She threw the ball over the fence.

tie

🗣️ /taɪ/

ගැට ගහනවා

How to use "tie" in a sentence:

tie something (adv./prep.)

• I will tie the rope around the tree.

tie someone/something to something

• He tied the rope to the tree.

torture

🗣️ /ˈtɔːtʃə(r)/

දැඩි කායික මානසික වධ හිංසා පමුණුවනවා

How to use "torture" in a sentence:

torture someone (into doing something)

• She tortured her brother into doing her chores by threatening to reveal his secret.

touch

🗣️ /tʌtʃ/

අල්ලනවා, ස්පර්ශ කරනවා/වෙනවා, හැඟීම් උපදවනවා

How to use "touch" in a sentence:

touch someone/something

• She touched the vase gently.

train

🗣️ /treɪn/

පුහුණු වෙනවා/කරනවා

How to use "train" in a sentence:

train (someone/something) (to do something)

• I train my dog to do new tricks every week.

train (someone) (as/in/for something)

• He trained his dog to perform tricks.

transfer

🗣️ /trænsˈfɜː(r)/

තැනකින් තැනකට මාරු වෙනවා/කරනවා

How to use "transfer" in a sentence:

transfer (someone/something) (from … (to …)

• He transferred the money from his savings account to his checking account.

transform

🗣️ /trænsˈfɔːm/

එක දෙයකින් තවත් දෙයක් බවට හරවනවා

How to use "transform" in a sentence:

transform someone/something (from something) (into something)

• The caterpillar transformed into a butterfly through the process of metamorphosis.

translate

🗣️ /trænsˈleɪt/

පරිවර්තනය කරනවා/වෙනවා

How to use "translate" in a sentence:

translate (something) (from something) (to something)

• She translated the document from Sinhala to English.

translate (something) as something

• I will translate this sentence as "මම මෙය

translate (something) (into something)

• I will translate this document into Sinhala for my students to understand better.

transport

🗣️ /trænˈspɔːt/

(මගීන්/භාණ්ඩ) ප්‍රවාහනය කරනවා

How to use "transport" in a sentence:

transport someone/something (adv./prep.)

• He transported the groceries in his car to the store.

trap

🗣️ /træp/

(උගුලක) හිර කරගන්නවා/පටලවා ගන්නවා

How to use "trap" in a sentence:

trap someone/something (adv./prep.)

• I trapped the mouse in a box.

travel

🗣️ /ˈtrævl/

දුර ගමනක් යනවා, ගමන් කරනවා

How to use "travel" in a sentence:

travel (something) (adv./prep.)

• My father loves to travel the world every summer.

treat

🗣️ /triːt/

සලකනවා, සත්කාර කරනවා, බෙහෙත් කරනවා

How to use "treat" in a sentence:

treat someone/something (with something)

• I will treat you with respect.

treat someone/something (like/as something)

• I treat my students like my own children.

treat someone for something (with something)

• I treated my friend for her cold with a cup of hot tea and some homemade soup.

trip

🗣️ /trɪp/

පය පැටලෙනවා/පැටලී වැටෙනවා, සැහැල්ලුවෙන් පය තබා ඉක්මනින් යනවා

How to use "trip" in a sentence:

trip (over/on something)

• He tripped over a toy on the floor and fell.

trip adv./prep.

• I tripped over the edge of the rug.

trust

🗣️ /trʌst/

විශ්වාස කරනවා, විශ්වාසයෙන් බාර දෙනවා

How to use "trust" in a sentence:

trust someone (to do something)

• I trust you to complete the task on time.

trust (that)

• I trust that you will do your best on the exam.

trust someone with someone/something

• I trust my best friend with my secrets.

try

🗣️ /traɪ/

උත්සාහ කරනවා, අත්හදා බලනවා, විනිශ්චය/පරීක්ෂා කරනවා

How to use "try" in a sentence:

try to do something

• I will try to finish my homework before dinner.

try something

• She tried the new food.

try doing something

• I will try studying harder for my exams next week.

try someone/something (for something)

• I will try my best for the upcoming exam.

tug

🗣️ /tʌɡ/

තදින් අදිනවා

How to use "tug" in a sentence:

tug (at/on) something

• The dog tugged at the leash.

tug something (adv./prep.)

• She tugged the rope tightly (adv.) to secure the boat (prep.) to the dock

turn

🗣️ /tɜːn/

හැරෙනවා/හරවනවා, කැරකෙනවා/කරකනවා

How to use "turn" in a sentence:

turn (something) (adv./prep.)

• She turned the book to the next page.

turn (something) (into something)

• She turned the plain white walls into a colorful masterpiece for the art exhibit.

twist

🗣️ /twɪst/

අඹරනවා, නවනවා

How to use "twist" in a sentence:

twist something (adv./prep.)

• She twisted her hair into a bun.

twist something (into something)

• I twisted the wire into a knot for my art project.

type

🗣️ /taɪp/

ටයිප් කරනවා

How to use "type" in a sentence:

type (something) (out/in/up)

• I typed my essay out in the morning before class.