Tenses

Grammer book

Simple present Present Present Present

continuous perfect perfect
continuous
simple past Past Past perfect Past perfect
continuous continues
Simple future Future Future Future
continues perfect perfect
continues
Past continues tense

 I was eating
 He was eating
 They were eating
 You were eating
Dick : Hello , Alex.
Alex : Hello , Dick. Where were
you?
Dick : I was walking in the lawn.
Alex : We were learning our
lessons.
Dick : They were running in the
street.
Alex : No, I was not dancing with
Maggie.
Dick : Was she playing in the garden?
Alex : No, she was studying.
Dick : Were they speaking the truth?
Alex : Yes, they were speaking the
truth.
Alex : But we were not sitting idle.
Dick : Were you not going to the
concern?
Alex : No, I was not going.
Dick : You were not studying.
Alex : Actually, I was not reading loudly.
Dick : Was she not weeping bitterly?
Dick : Was he not quarrelling with his father?
Alex : He was quarrelling with his father.
Dick : Were you not speaking to her?
Alex : Yes, I was speaking to her.
Dick : Were they not trying to deceive us?
Alex : They were trying to deceive us.
Dick : Was it not raining?
Dick : Were they not ploughing the field?
Alex :They were ploughing the field.
Dick : Were you not playing on the
harmonium?
Alex : I was playing the guitar.
Dick : Was she not going to the market
yesterday?
Alex : She was going to the market
Dick : Yes, Rex was refusing to
help me.
Dick : Were you making fun of me?
Alex : No, I was not making fun of
you.
Dick : Was I driving fast?
Alex :Yes, you were driving very
fast.
Dick : Were you writing a book?
Alex : No, I was writing a letter.
Dick : You were not encouraging me to go
abroad.
Alex : I was encouraging you to go abroad.
1. The children ____ hide and seek in the park. (pl
2. I ___ the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)
3. Winnie _____ her new dress. (stitch)
4. The dogs ____ all night. (bark)
5. Ron ___ his room when he heard the noise. (clean)
6. It ___ darker with each passing moment. (get)
7. The gardener ____ the lawn. (water)
8. The army ___ to Ladakh when the enemy attacked them. (go
9. The students ____ on their assignments. (work)
10. That boy ____ in class. (dance)
11. The kid ____ television all evening. (watch)
12. The girl ____ to rock music. (listen)
13. The birds ____ in the sky. (fly)
1. The children ____ hide and seek in the park. (ply) at that moment
2. I ___ the book you gave me on my birthday. (read)
3. Winnie _____ her new dress. (stitch)when I went there
4. The dogs ____ all night. (bark)
5. Ron ___ his room when he heard the noise. (clean)
6. It ___ darker with each passing moment. (get)
7. The gardener ____ the lawn. (water) at that time
8. The army ___ to Ladakh when the enemy attacked them. (go)
9. The students ____ on their assignments. (work)
10. That boy ____ in class. (dance)
11. The kid ____ television all evening. (watch)
12. The girl ____ to rock music. (listen) at that moment
13. The birds ____ in the sky. (fly)when we there
 නිමල් කොහොමද ඊයේ වැඩේ

 ඔයාසමන් හමුවෙන්න ගියාද

 ඔව්.. ගියා

 එයාහිටියාද

 නැ
 නිමල් කොහොමද ඊයේ වැඩේ

ඒ වෙනකොටත් එයාරටින් ගිහිල්ලා

 ඔයාට එයාව මුණගැහෙන්න බැරිවුණා
ඔව් මට එයාව මුණගැහෙන්න බැරිවුනා
එයාගේ ඝෙදර අය හිටියද

ඔව් wife හිටියා

 නිමල් කොහොමද ඊයේ වැඩේ

දුව එයත් එක්ක ගිහිල්ලාතිබුනේ

ඒ wife වෙලවේ මොනවද කරමින් හිටියේ
එය TV බලමින් හිටියේ
සමන්ගේ තත්තත් හිටිය
එයාදුකෙන් හිටියේ
එයාමාඑක්ක කතාකන්න කැමති වුනේ නැහැ
 නිමල් කොහොමද ඊයේ වැඩේ

 එයාමාඑක්ක කතාකන්න කැමති වුනේ නැහැ

 නමුත් මම එයාඑක්ක කතාකලා
 අපි ගොඩක් වෙලාකතාකරමින් හිටියා
 ඒ වෙලාවේ සමන්ගේ මල්ලි ත් අව
 ඔහු මහාකතාකාරයෙක්
 මම ඔවුන් එක්ක රාත්‍රී කෑම ගත්තා