English Basic

- 01
Student Success Centre

320, Main Street, Jaffna,
jaffnassc@gmail.com
Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna
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01
English Alphabet
26 .
. ,
.
(vowels)
(Consonant)
a, e, i ,o ,u
21
English
Alphabets
18
12
Vowels
Consonants
A, E, I, O, U
B, C, D, F, G, H, J,
K, L, M, N, P, Q,
R, S , T, V, W, X,
Y, Z
, ?

.
.
, , .
.

, , , , , .
247 21 ?

.
.
3 .
, .

.
(m)
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ma
()
. 247
26 .
12

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January December
12
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English Words

(letters)
(words)
08
8 .
Nouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Pronouns
Prepositions
Conjunctions /
Interjections -
01.Noun

(animal)
(things)
#320, Main Street, Jaffna

077 61 69 470
(person)
(place)
man, woman, mother, father, child, teacher

Ravi, Kumar, Siva, Bala, Raju, Selvakumar, Bamini, Kavitha, Rubika
Jaffna, Colombo, Kandy, Mannar, Trinco, Baticallo, Vavuniya,
home, office, town, restaurant, playground
Sri Lanka, India, Japan, Canada, UK, USA
table, car, chair, banana, money, computer, air condition, classroom
love, hate, belief, memory , pride
, ,
.
. .
.

. .
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1.
Abstract Noun
2.
Concrete Noun
-
-
Abstract Noun
, , .
.
Skill
Hope
Principle
Belief
Idea
Revenge
Bravery
Power
Calm
Joy
Honesty
Charity
Justice
Sleep
Ego
Law
Failure
Liberty
Sympathy
Fairness
Loneliness
Talent
Faith
Love
Pleasure
Feeling
Loyalty
Thought
Freedom
Maturity
Thrill
Friendship
Memory
Truth
Happiness
Hate
Sadness
Success
Omen
Violence
Peace
Wisdom
Concrete Nouns -
, , , ,
" " . .
,
man, girl, bread, fish, car , water, cake, cat, dog, table chair, teacher
boy
girl, boy concrete noun
girl
love
abstract noun
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: .

.
,
love
Friends.
spelling
concrete noun
love
(friendship)
noun
abstract
.

.
anger
anger
abstract noun
. .
Concrete Noun
1. Common Noun
2. Proper Noun
Common Nouns
, , ,
. " " .
bank -
school -
city -
shop -
park -
chair -
table -
bag
tiger =
bear =
pencil =
fish =
book =
snake =
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Proper Noun
boy
girl
country
bank
common noun
common noun.
district
month
common noun.
common noun
company
Rani, Mala, Revathi, Vathana, Sivakumari proper noun
common noun
Sri lanka, India, Jappan - proper noun
HNB, Sampath Bank, Nation Trust Bank proper noun
common noun
common noun
Kumar, Siva, Raja, Bala, Mala - proper noun
Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Batticallo, Vavuniya proper noun
LOLC, Arpico, House of Fashion proper noun
January, February.December proper noun
President
(common noun)
President : Barack Obama

Q
Proper Noun
President : Maithripala Sirisena

Proper Noun
Collective Nouns -
" " .
group of people
collective noun
army
soldier
sliders
an army of
A band of musicians -
A bevy of girls
A board of directors -
A crowd of people
A forest of trees
A flock of sheep -
Noun Summary
Abstract
Noun
Noun
Proper Noun
Concrete
Noun
Common
Noun
common noun
Singular
Countable
Noun
Pluran
Uncountable
Noun
1. Countable Noun
2. Uncountable Noun
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Countable Noun
. , ,
. ,
countable noun
Uncountable Noun
. .
,

uncountable noun
Verb
Rice
( )
uncountable noun
Main
Verb
Helping
verb
. ,
.
uncountable noun
Action
State
.
. .
uncountable noun
.
. .
02. Verb
.
3.
main verb
4.
helping verb Auxilary Verb
1.
2.
.-
action
state
run, study , read, play, jump, write, walk, work, sleep,
.
.
.
love, like, hate, depend, believe, trust,
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I cook everyday.
cook
action verb
. .
I like it.
. .
We depend on our parents.

state verb
run, plat, study
like
like
state verb
depend
? .
depend
be, being, been
Be
Helping Verb
am, is , are, was, were
Do
do, does, did
Have
have , has, had
Modal Verb
can, could, would, should, may,

might, must, will, shall
noun
verb
.
.
Noun
Pen
Verb
Nathan runs.
Vimala works.
Suresh studies.
Sentense
pens
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. .
.
ies
Study
ies
Suresh plays.
ies
ies
play
. ?
.

.
. .

Suresh Plays.
. ( / )
Suresh study
Suresh studies.
ies
. .
Play
conjunction
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03. Conjunctions
.
.
.
and
Noun
Conjunction
Bala and Rajah work.
Ruban and Keerthi study.
Gopal and Sivaruban play.
Rankan and Loganathan run.
Verb
and
Sentense
()
. ()
. ()
. ()
(work, study, play , run)
Kannan reads.
Kannan and Rajah read.
. ( / )
. ( / )
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or

conjunction
Pen or pencil
Bring a pen or a pencil.
. ( )
. ( )
? .
. .
, ,
.
.
, ,
(Subject)
(predicate)
, ,
(sentence)
(Object)
.
.
, .
.
(Kannan came.)
subject
predicate.
Mugunthan married Sujeetha

subject
(object)
predicate.
. .
.
,
indirect object
(Object),
Advance English
direct object,

.

.
(cases)
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?
. .
.
, , , , , .
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
( )
.
.
.
.
.

.
(Ragupathi lives in Colombo.)
.
. .
. (Mohan
studied)
( .
.

.

.
.

(Ravi killed Bala)
(Bala killed Ravi)
( ) .
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Ravi killed him.
() .
pronoun
him
. (? ) () .
. () .
. (? ) ( ) ( ) .
.
.
. .
.

.

, , , .
. ()
. ()
. ()
.. ()
. ()
. ()
. ()
. ()
. ()
. ()
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.

. . .
. ( )

! !
.
! .. ! !
!
.
.
prnoun
noun
verb
Bala reads.
Sheetha works.
Ruban runs.
sentence
Main Street, Jaffna
077 6169470
(reads, works and runs)

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.
and
conjunction
noun
conjunction
Bala and Kumar read.
noun
verb
Sentence
noun, conjunction
verb
.
:
Bala reads
Bala and Kumar read.
Book
books
., S
. .
.
Bala and Kumar are close friends. Bala and Kumar stay in Kandy. Bala and Kumar study A.L

.
Bala and Kumar are close friends. They stay in Kandy and study A/L.
Bala (they)
pronoun
pronoun
And
conjunction
Bala and Kumar .
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Bala and Kumar stay in Kandy. Bala and Kumar study A.L.

and .
Bala and Kumar stay in Kandy and study AL.

AL
Independent clause, dependent clause,
Ramany studies A/L. Ramani lives in Nuwar Eliya.

she
Ramany
Ramany studies A/L. She lives in Nuwar Eliya.
04. Pronoun

.
.

Subject Pronoun
Object Pronoun
pronoun
.

.
Demonstrative Pronoun
Indefinite Pronoun
Possessive Pronoun
.

.

.

Interrogative Pronouns
Reflexive Pronouns
Relative Pronoun

. .
. .
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Subjective Pronoun
subjective pronoun
Subjective Pronoun
I play cricket every Sunday.

.
We study English at Student Success Centre.

SSC .
I
They are A/L students.
A/L .
It
We
She
You
He works in a private company.

.
.
He
.

.
( )
( )
( )
.
.
She cooks well.

It is my first job.

Main Street, Jaffna
077 6169470
This is Suresh. He is my brother.
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.
This is Vathana. She is my sister.

.
am, is, are
.
.
am, is, are
? .
.
Object Pronoun
.

pronoun
I love you but you don't love me.
me
.
()
.
you
them
() .
Do you really hate her?

() ?
I love him.
() .
us
him
it
her
I love my husband. But he does not like me.

() . ()
.
Listen to me carefully.
() .
We watch them on TV.

Main Street, Jaffna
077 6169470
() .
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Subject Pronoun
Object Pronoun
Me
()
You
You
/ ()
He
Him
()
She
Her
()
It
It
()
We
Us
()
They
Them
()
subject Pronoun
object pronoun
pronoun
personal pronoun
demonstrative pronoun
Demonstrative Pronoun

pronoun
demonstrative
This
These -
That
Those -
this
that
these
those
This is my book.
.
That is your book.

.
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These are your books.

.
Those are your books.

.
This
it
/ ?
This, that, these
those
it
Pronount
Rajah is my friend. He lives in Canada.

He
Rajitha is my friend. She works in ABC company.

she
..
Sri lanka is an island. It is a beautiful country.

. .
He, she
it
subject pronoun
this
it
This
it
.
.
..
I have a house. It is beautiful.

. . (house
it)
I have a dog. It is very nice. (dog it)

. .
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8 ,
. .
.
.
, , ,
.
.
adjectie
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05. Adjective
girl
a beautiful girl
an attractive girl
a calm girl
a good girl
a fearless girl
an honest girl
an obliging girl
a talented girl
a shy girl -
a quiet girl
a polite girl
adjective
Nice girl
They have a beautiful house.

beautiful
adjective
We have a big house.
big
ajective
adjective)
(noun, pronoun verb, conjunction,
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noun or
pronoun
verb
Rajah
adjective
has
noun
sentence
car.
adjective
adjective
adjective
Sri Lanka
is
a beautiful
country.
.
.
.
was, were
Is
beautiful
am, is, are,

Tense
Sri lanka
was
a beautiful
country.
She
was
a beautiful
girl
Was
. .
Mullaitivu
is
district.
Mullaitivu was a district.
am, is, are, was, were, will , shall
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Singular plural adjective
.
She has a red apple.
She has red apples
adjective
I have
She has
Sitha is
big dog.
small dog.
a clever
girl.
Article
a, an
the.
article
adjective .
.

.
.
A, AN, THE
5 . A, E, I, O , U
. an
.
A dog d
An egg e
an
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an umbrella, a computer, a chair, an elephant, a house , an accountant

.
A university an university ?
A university . U . an
.
you
university
a, e, I, o, u
sound
an .
(sound) an
Hour
an hour
a cat
a book
an
an apple
an umbrella
the
the cat
the book
noun
waters
countable noun
uncountable noun
Countable noun
pens, three pens

one chair, two chairs, theree chairs
an hour . Hour
one pen, two
. (uncountable
noun)
one water, two waters, theree
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Uncountable noun - article

a
an
a milk, a petrol
Uncountable noun
uncountable noun
books
water
article
waters
book
countable noun.
uncountable noun
plural
sugar.
uncountable noun
uncountable noun
five sugar, ten
an
article
I like music.
.
music
uncountable noun
article
I need help.
.
(help)
article
uncountable noun
the
Thanks for the help you did.

.

help
the .
(definite) . .
the
Did you like the music they played at the dance yesterday?
? (?)
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music
(the) music
.
.
Countable Noun - Article

Countable noun
a, an, the
article
an
I have a car.
.
I have two cars.

.
article
I have a pencil.
.
Can I borrow a pencil, please?

?
Where is the pencil I gave you
Article
yesterday?
()
?
The
Definite Article
Indefinite Article
the
an
(the)
Please shut the door.

.
the
There is a man at the door.

() .
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. the .
. ( )
The man has a knife in his hand.

.

the man . .
.
a knife.
The knife was very sharp .

THE
,
the .
.
One day an elephant wandered ( ) into a forest in search of friends.

.
He saw a monkey on a tree.
.
Will you be my friend?" asked the elephant.
.
Replied the monkey, You are too big. You can not swing from trees like me."
.
.
( a monkey, an elephent .
the .
Next, the elephant met a rabbit. He asked him to be his friends.

.
.
But the rabbit said, You are too big to play in my burrow!"
.
()
.
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Then the elephant met a frog.

Will you be my friend? He asked.

?
How can I?" asked the frog.

.
You are too big to leap about like me."

.
The elephant was upset. He met a fox next.

.
Will you be my friend?" he asked the fox.

.
The fox said, Sorry, sir, you are too big."
.
The next day, the elephant saw all the animals in the forest running for their lives.
( the )
The elephant asked them what the matter was.

.
The bear replied, There is a tiger in the forest. Hes trying to gobble us all up!"
.
. ( the
(Perticular bear) .
.)
The animals all ran away to hide.

.
The elephant wondered what he could do to solve everyone in the forest.
Meanwhile, the tiger kept eating up whoever he could find.

The elephant walked up to the tiger and said, Please, Mr. Tiger, do not eat up these poor animals."
Mind your own business!" growled the tiger.
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The elephant has a no choice but to give the tiger a hefty kick.
The frightened tiger ran for his life.
The elephant ambled back into the forest to announce the good news to everyone.
All the animals thanked the elephant.
They said, You are just the right size to be our friend."
a, an
Where is the washroom? washroom
the .
MC
Where is the
washroom washroom.
washroom .
The washroom is on the left.
My father enjoyed the book you gave him.

.
The man who wrote this book is famous.
He is the doctor I came to see.

the .
The sun gives light and heat.

You can go anywhere in the world.

.
The sky is clear.

.
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. The .
smallest, largest, highest the
.
This is the highest building in New York.

Yesterday she read the last chapter of her new book.
You are the tallest person in our class.

the .

.
.
Article
possessive adjective
Possessive Adjectives
possessive
adjective .
.
My book -
.
your, his, her, their

my

our

Possessive adjective
my, our,
its .
your

his

her

their

its

This is your bag.
. .
Sri Lanka is our country.
our adjective .
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I have a car.
My Car is white.
We speak Tamil.
We love our Tamil.
He is a doctor.
His name is Ravi.
She is my sister.
Her husband is a teacher
You have a beautiful house.
Your house is big.
They have a car.
Their car is very slow.
It is my school.
Its name is ABC colleage.

.
.

.
.
ABC .
Adjective .
adjective
.
adjective

.
preposition
06. Preposition -
.
preposition
.
at preposition
.
. .
.
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on
in
noun or
pronoun with
adjective
to
verb
My uncle
for
preposition
Lives
In
under
noun
with
Sentence
Colombo.
uncle
preposition
my
adjective . in
In .
I work in a private company.
She stays in Nuwar Eliya. () .
They play in a playground.
My father
() .
() .
goes
to
Market
to . .
To school ()
To my home
()
To Colombo ()
go
with
friends.
preposition
noun
pronoun
with
. .
With my wife
With my husband
With my brother
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paid
for
Kumar
for preposition .
For you
()
For me
()
For your parents
For your friend
()
()
My helmet
was
under
the table
was
is
Helmet is under the table.
am, is, are, was, were, will , shall
Book
preposition
Is
on
the table
..
I put an egg on the kitchen table.
News paper is on my desk.

The author's name is on the cover of the book.

.
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There was a "no smoking" sign on the wall.

What's the cat doing on the table?

?
Please write your name on this paper.

( ) .
Preposition
on
Noun
Verb
Preposition
Noun
Preposition
Noun
Father
goes
to
market
on
Sundays
On
preposition
on
They come to Mannar on Sundays.

They go to work on Monday.

.
Ravi does not go to work on Tuestday.

.
She does not cook on Wednestday.

We go to class on Thurstday.
.
My mother goes to temple on Friday.

They are not alloawed on Saturday.
The garbage truck comes on Sundays.

.
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I will see you on Thursday

on
on
. ..
Noun
Verb
Preposition
Noun
Preposition
Noun
We
go
to
Kandy
On
Vesak Day.
on .
On Christmas Day
On Thaiponkal Day
On Vesak Day
On holiday.
On Deepavali day
On Independent Day
Where will you be on New Year's Day?

()
I was born on 23rd of July 2007.

2007 23 .
on . on
.
International hand washing day is celebrated on 16th of October.

16 .
in preposition
We will go to Canada on 23rd of August 2016.

We have planned to go to Canada in July.
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on
He is talking on the phone.

.
He is working on the computer.

.
My favorite movie will be on TV tonight.

She kept her hand on my shoulder.

.
He kissed my on my cheek.
.
I wear a ring on my finger.

.
I do my homework in the morning
in
preposition
my homework on Sunday morning

on
I do
on
You can see a wide variety of life on earth.

.
So far, life has not been discovered on Saturn.

On
preposition .
. 15

email
, ,
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.
, .
.
on
on
phrasal verbs
.
Go on
Carry on
Turn on
Grow on
Come on
Get on
Build on
Keep on
Pull on
Rely on
Inform on
Hold on
Live on
Call on
Move on
Put on
Work on
Wait on
adverb
07. Adverb
.
.
The bus moved slowly.

.
adverb
move
slowly
He ran fast.
.
run ran .
.
fast
adverb
adjective
ly
. easy adjective .
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easy exam .
easy adjective . He made it easily. .

made easily adverb
.
Adjective
adverb .
Adjective
Adverb
Adjective
Adverb
Cheap
Cheaply
Probable
Probably
Quick
Quickly
Terrible
Terribly
Slow
Slowly
Gentle
Gently
easy
Easily
Basic
Basically
angry
Angrily
Economic
Economically
happy
Happily
locky
Luckly
Adverb
adverb
Interjection
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08. Interjection -
. 7
.
.
.
1.
WOW
Wow
.
2.
Oops Im sorry. That was my mistake.
.
3.
Oh!
, ,
.
4.
YES, NO, NOPE
yes, no

. nope no .
5.
Yo, hey
Yo Suresh
8 .
(Tenses),
.
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s . book books, chair chairs , door doors.

. .
.
? .
.

s .
bottle bottles
cup cups
pencil pencils
desk desks
sticker stickers
window windows

ch, x, s, z sh es
..
box boxes
watch watches
moss mosses
bus buses
wish - wishes

f fe, f
es .
wolf wolves
wife wives
leaf leaves
life lives
child children
woman women
man men
mouse mice
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goose geese

Y .
(vowels a, e, I, o, u) y ies .
s .
activity - activities
library libraries
study studies
baby
babies
lorry
lorries
spy
duty
duties
rally
rallies
supply supplies
enemy enemies
rely
relies
theory theories
lady
story
stories
ladies
array
arrays
spies
donkey - donkeys
pray
- prays
attorney - attorneys
employ - employs
toy -
toys
birthdays - birthdays
essay - essays
tray - trays
boy
boys
joy
turkey turkeys
chimney - chimneys
key
day - days
monkey - monkeys
delays - delays
play
- joys
- keys
- plays

,
..
sheep sheep
fish
fish
deer
deer
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species species
aircraft aircraft

. ( .)
Apple
Apricot
Banana
Blueberry
Cherry
Grape
Grapefruit
Lemon
Lime
Mango
Nectarine
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Orange
Papaya
passion
fruit
Pear
Pineapple
Plum
Raspberry
Raspberry
Rhubarb
Strawberry
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
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.

I .
audit
. .
( .)
********************************************
RAW INERT MEAL (7,5) ...
A MOTTO (6)
...
RE A JUG ON ICE (6,5) ...
7,
EAT (3)
...
5 .
COOL CHEAT (9)
...
Mineral water
RING WELTS (9)
...
LOB ALOFT (8)
...
BALK TABLES (10)
...
.
(
.
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IN NETS (6)
...
3 letter words
AFT
ASP
ATE
CAB
HAS
HEN
OVA
TAP
4 letter words
BURY
COTE
DIRT
ETCH
HOST
LODE
RIOT
RUNE
SALT
SERF
SNIP
STUN
TOPE
TUNE
WEAL
WEIR
5 letter words
COUNT
ENDUE
FLOSS
PRUDE
SERGE
SERVE
STOOD
YODEL
7 letter words
CLOSURE
LECTURE
PROFESS
SERVILE
9 letter words
ESPIONAGE
FOOTPRINT
FRUSTRATE
TENTATIVE
( . )
15
1,000 .
.
,
, . ,
,
.
listening skills
.
15 .
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jaffnassc@gmail.com
email .
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Student Success Centre

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

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Student Success Centre

man, woman, mother, father, child, teacher

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Rani, Mala, Revathi, Vathana, Sivakumari proper noun

Sri lanka, India, Jappan - proper noun

HNB, Sampath Bank, Nation Trust Bank proper noun

Kumar, Siva, Raja, Bala, Mala - proper noun

Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Batticallo, Vavuniya proper noun

LOLC, Arpico, House of Fashion proper noun

January, February.December proper noun

President : Barack Obama

President : Maithripala Sirisena

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

helping verb Auxilary Verb

run, study , read, play, jump, write, walk, work, sleep,

love, like, hate, depend, believe, trust,

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

We depend on our parents.

run, plat, study

be, being, been

am, is , are, was, were

do, does, did

have , has, had

can, could, would, should, may,

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Bala and Rajah work.

Ruban and Keerthi study.

Gopal and Sivaruban play.

Rankan and Loganathan run.

(work, study, play , run)

Kannan and Rajah read.

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Bring a pen or a pencil.

Mugunthan married Sujeetha

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

(Ragupathi lives in Colombo.)

(Ravi killed Bala)

(Bala killed Ravi)

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Ravi killed him.

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

(reads, works and runs)

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Bala and Kumar read.

Bala and Kumar read.

Bala and Kumar .

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

Bala and Kumar stay in Kandy and study AL.

Independent clause, dependent clause,

Ramany studies A/L. Ramani lives in Nuwar Eliya.

Ramany studies A/L. She lives in Nuwar Eliya.

Student Success Centre, 320 Main Street, Jaffna

I play cricket every Sunday.

We study English at Student Success Centre.