The SORABORA Lake, Sri Lanka
 

  The SOROBORA LAKE is situated at Badulla District, a few kilometres away from Mahiyangana town.

    It is about 250 - 257 kilometres from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

       This is a fairly big reservoir which spread out at around 1100  land acres.

       Lake bund - height 40 feet.  Width - 11 feet.  Length - 1590 feet.

 Would you like to believe?

 This whole lake was built by one person. 

His name is BULATHA. He worked under the king Dutugamunu as a royal servant. He is a very strong person.   One day he saw a place with some rocks and a stream.  From that moment he was dreaming of building a reservoir there.

 Yes, he started to do so. Nobody with him. He has the idea and he knows the way of doing it.

                                   GAL PADI PELA

Bulatha's wife also a strong woman.  She used to bring food to her husband where he is trying to make his dream true, The path their using is very rough and difficult to walk. Bulatha's wife thought to do something to make this path much orderly. She also started to work her own.   She completed her duty after making the path with two thousand stone steps.

                 

Bulatha has been drilled into the rock and managed to fix the sluice gate of the lake. This is an amazing work. The bund of the lake is naturally laid rocks.

After completing the huge creation Bulatha has invited the king Dutugemunu to be inspected it. The king wondered about seeing the huge reservoir.  As well as he got a surprise by seeing the stone steps which completed by Bulatha's wife. 

The king praised the efforts of Bulatha's and 
his wife's.

Both of them are rewarded by the King Dutugamunu.

The SORABORA LAKE, One man’s miracle

(All the pictures and the illustrations are from the internet.)

English For You - 6

                    English For You - 6

Grammar Exercise: 

Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.

 1) You can compare your answers ………… your friend.

2) This wrist watch is very special ………… me.

3) Both of them are ……….. the same place.

4) Now you are comfortable to write ………… him immediately.

5) Have you got the next part ………. this device? 

6) This color dress is much suitable…………. me.

7) I’m writing ………… my red pen.

8) my brother bought a motorcycle ………… big tires.

9) I come ………….. a rural area.

10) Is your friend ……. this house?

11) Pleased ………. meet you again.

12) Do not try ……… climb along this ladder.

13) Danny  is …………. vacation. He is …….. Madrid now.

14) Look ………. her. She is not happy.

15) ……….. which country are you?

Answers: 1) with  2) for  3) in  4) to  5) of  6) for  7) with  

8) with  9) from  10) in  11) to  12) to  13) on/in  14) at

15) From 

ENGLISH FOR YOU - 5 - CONTRACTIONS

         Contractions

When speaking and writing we shorten two words into one.

This we know as ‘contraction’.

Example: can not – two words

We use an apostrophe to show where one or more letters have been left out.

can’t – contraction ( two letters = ‘no’ have removed from the initial word.)

Often used contractions.

I am - I’m               is not – isn’t       I have – I’ve                  

 I will – I’ll              We will – We’ll          There is – There’s    

 It is – It’s          you will - you’ll          they will - they’ll                                         

could not-couldn’t          do not  - don’t                                  

did not - didn’t             we are - we’re                                                   

are not - aren’t                     does not - doesn’t                                  

has not - hasn’t              had not - hadn’t                                                       

he is(/he has)  - he’s          he will - he’ll                                  

I would - I’d                     she will - she’ll                               

We have - We’ve             was not - wasn’t                               

will not - won’t               were not - weren’t                     

would not  - wouldn’t           should not - shouldn’t                    

have not – haven’t                

Try below given exercise with appropriate contractions.

1. I do not like to drink cool water.

2. I cannot speak to him now.

3. He is running towards the beach.

4. She is practicing her song for the concert.

5. They are not my friends.

6. I am already in the classroom.

7. I did not speak with him.

8. He does not like to join the trip.

9. There is not a small old house at the end of this road.

10. I have not much to speak with them.

11. There are no tall trees in our garden.

12. You should not be there before six o’clock.

13. It is not an interesting book.

14. The train is not moving now.

15. He has not come to the meeting.

(Answers at the next lesson.)

ENGLISH FOR YOU - 4- Answers for previous exercises

ENGLISH FOR YOU -2 -  am/ is / are - QUESTION FORM

Make questions from the below-given mixed words.

1) the/ near/wall/is/tree/the

Is the tree near the wall?

2) reading/having/is/grandma/our/books/spectacles/without

Is our grandma reading books without spectacles?

3) a/climb/trying/is/hill/to/he

     Is he trying to climb a hill?  

  

4) bad/is/weather/today/very/not/the                                      Is the weather not very bad today?

5) at/today/is/work/she                                                                 Is she at work today?

6) for/term/they/concert/practicing/are/end/their                        Are they practicing for their term end concert?

7) a/father/newspaper/my/reading/is                                            Is my father reading a newspaper?

8) you/bark/is/ready/at/it/to                                                         Is it ready to bark at you?

9) city/far/my/from/village/the/is                                                   Is my village far from the city?

10) his/cleaning/is/clothes/he                                                        Is he cleaning his clothes?

11) lunch/get/are/now/to/you/your/going                         

      Are you going to get your lunch now?

12) their/happy/neighbors/not/are/about/they                               Are they not happy about their neighbors?

13) a/pretty/she/girl/is                                                                    Is she a pretty girl?

14) my/studying/I/hard/examination/final/for/am                           Am I studying hard for my final examination? 

15) very/station/the/closer/railway/is/the/to/supermarket           Is the supermarket very closer to the railway station? 

ENGLISH FOR YOU - 3 - am/ is / are - Negative form

Exercise: Use am not /  is not or are not, tofill in the blanks.

1. He ...is...  ..not.. a science teacher of this school.

2. She ..is...  ...not.. in a position to go to school tomorrow.

3. My books ...are.. ..not..  on the table now.

4. He ..is... ....not... going to play with him.

5. They ..are...  ..not... preparing well for their examination. 

6. It ..is...  ...not.... barking at her.

7. This book ...is....   ..not..... belongs to me.

8. He ..is... ..not.... writing a letter to her.

9. She .is.... ..not.... angry with him.

10. It ...is..... ..not.... an expensive dress.

11. There ..are... ..not... so many vehicles in that parking space.

12. Tomorrow ...is.... ..not.... a holiday.

13.  The wind ....is...... ..not... so cool today. 

14. They ..are...  ..not... willing to talk with others. 

15. The coach ..is..... ..not..... pulled by a horse.    

                                                                 

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ENGLISH FRO YOU -3- am / is / are- Negative Form

                                         

                                       Am/is/areNegative Form 

The negative form is making by adding ‘not’.

                                                    

                               

                                     SINGULAR

I am not a teacher.

You are not a qualified person.

He is not ready to go back to work.

She is not a kind woman.

It is not running into the jungle.

It is not a big book.

                             PLURAL

We are not students of this class.

You are not suitable for the competition.

They are not happy with the dinner.

SENTENCES IN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM

1. It is a tall tree. – positive

       It is not a tall tree.- negative

2. He is a good football player.- positive

       He is not a good football player.- negative.

3. She is helping her mother. - positive

       She is not helping her mother.-negative

4. They are playing outside.-positive

       They are not playing outside.-negative

5. You are a bad student.- positive

      You are not a bad student.-negative

6. It is hungry now.-positive

       It is not hungry now.-negative

                                              
Exercise: Use am not /  is not or are not, to fill in the blanks.

1. He .........  ........... a science teacher of this school.

2. She ........  ............ in a position to go to school tomorrow.

3. My books ............ ............  on the table now.

4. He ......... ............. going to play with him.

5. They ..........  ........... preparing well for their examination. 

6. It .......   ............ barking at her.

7. This book .........   ........... belongs to me.

8. He ......... ......... writing a letter to her.

9. She ......... ......... angry with him.

10. It ........ ..........an expensive dress.

11. There .......... .......... so many vehicles in that parking space.

12. Tomorrow ......... ........... a holiday.

13.  The wind .......... .......... so cool today. 

14. They ..........  .......... willing to talk with others. 

15. The coach ....... ............. pulled by a horse.    

(Answers at the next lesson.)

athuranmusic: DHAMMAPADHAYA- A thought for everybody

athuranmusic: DHAMMAPADHAYA- A thought for everybody: Stanza:   Pare cha na vijaananthi                Mayameththa yamaamase'                Ye' cha thaththa vijaananthi  ...

DHAMMAPADHAYA- A thought for everybody

Stanza:   Pare cha na vijaananthi
               Mayameththa yamaamase'
               Ye' cha thaththa vijaananthi
               Thatho' sammanthi medhagaa (Yamaka Vagga)

Explanation:  People fighting  with each other who do not know the bad end result of it. They think that fighting is the one and only solution to resolve the problems.
If they can ascertain the truth, they never fight with the other.
This means there won't any fights/wars in this developed society.

Why do we fight? What would be the ultimate result?
There will be nothing to grasp at the end of the each and every fight.

(IIUSTRATIONS FROM THE INTERNET.)

ගාථාව  පරේ  ච න විජානන්ති
         මයමෙත්ථ යමාමසේ
         යේ ච තත්ථ විජානන්ති
         තතෝ සම්මන්ති  මේධගා  (යමක වග්ගය)

අරගල/යුද/ කෝලාහල කරන්නෝ තමන්ම ඒ හේතුවෙන් විනාශ වී යන බව නොදන්නෝය.
කිසිවකු විසින් හෝ බව නිවැරැදිව අවබෝධ කර ගන්නේ නම් කිසිවකු අරගල/යුද/ කෝලහල කරන්නට යන්නේ නැත. එනිසාම දියුණු සමාජයක් තුළ යුද කල කෝලාහල ඇති වන්නේද නැත.

අප මේ යුද කරන්නේ කුමක් සඳහාද?  යුද ජයග්‍රහණ ලෙස අප අවසානයේ ලබා ගන්නේ කුමක්ද? 

අවසාන ප්‍රතිඵලයක් ලෙස අප ලබන්නාවූ කිසිත් නැති බව නුවණින් අවබෝධ කළ යුතුය.

athuranmusic: ENGLISH FOR YOU-2 - am / is / are - QUESTION FORMS...

athuranmusic: ENGLISH FOR YOU-2 - am / is / are - QUESTION FORMS...: This lesson consists with answers for the previous exercise about am , is and are . ANSWERS 1) This ..is.... a big book. 2) It...

ENGLISH FOR YOU-2 - am / is / are - QUESTION FORMS

This lesson consists with answers for the previous exercise about am, is and are.

ANSWERS
1) This ..is.... a big book.
2) It ...is.... not mine.
3) I ...am... a teacher.
4) It ..is....  not going to bark now.
5) This red dress ....is.... not suitable for you.
6) I ..am... thirsty and I want to drink some water. 
7) That door ...is.... not shut properly.
8) She ..is... practising for her dancing event.
9) All the pens...are... in the drawer.
10) My mother ...is.... cooking in the kitchen.
11) The chair ...is.... near the table.
12) We ....are... studying science subjects.
13) He ..is... a good carpenter.
14) We ..are .. hungry.
15) The boys are playing outside.
16) This paper ..is... not very difficult.
17) The children ...are.... in a hall now.
18) The flowers ...are.... beautiful.
19) The supermarket ..is... not very far from here.
20) My keys ..are.... in my pocket.   
                                                                      
IMPORTANT
 Introducing verb 'BE'.
'BE' is the most important verb in the English Language.
Do you know that? 
'BE' - Is used as the main verb.
'Be' - Is used as an auxiliary verb.
'BE' - Is used in the passive voice.

Please keep in your mind.
'BE' is the only verb in the English Language that has three conjugations in the simple present tense (am, is, are). All the other verbs have two conjugations in the simple present.

'BE' is the only verb that has two conjugations in the simple past tense. All other verbs have only one conjugation in the simple past.

'BE' - conjugations- simple present

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
First Person	I / am	We / are
Second Person	You / are	You / are
Third Person	He, She, It / is	They / are

 'BE' - conjugations - simple past

  

	SINGULAR	PLURAL
First Person	I / was	We / are
Second Person	You / were	You / were
Third Person	He, She, It / was	They / were

am / is / are - question forms. 

How do we make questions? It is very easy.
Look at below explanation.

I am a teacher.- (sentence/with a full stop.)---> I am - change as 'Am I'.
Am I a teacher? - (question- with a question mark.)

You are a teacher.   -----> Are you a teacher?
He is a teacher.       ------> Is he a teacher?         
She is a dancer.      ------->Is she a dancer?
It is barking.          --------> Is it barking?
It is on the table.    --------> Is it on the table?   

 SENTENCES IN SINGULAR FORM    

We are students. --------> Are we, students?
You are good children.  -------> Are you good children?
They are playing.   --------> Are they playing?

 SENTENCES IN PLURAL FORM    

There are main three steps to be followed when making questions from sentences with am, is and are.
1) The question to be started from the 'verb'(am/is/are).
2) The first letter should be capital.
3) The question has to be ended with the question mark.

Exercise: Make questions from the below-given mixed words.


1) the/ near/wall/is/tree/the
2) reading/having/is/grandma/our/books/spectacles/withou  3) a/climb/trying/is/hill/to/he  
4) bad/is/weather/today/very/not/the 
5) at/today/is/work/she   
6) for/term/they/concert/practicing/are/end/their  
7) a/father/newspaper/my/reading/is   
8) you/bark/is/ready/at/it/to 
9) city/far/my/from/village/the/is  
10)his/cleaning/is/clothes/he 
11)lunch/get/are/now/to/you/your/going 
12) their/happy/neighbors/not/are/about/they
13) a/pretty/she/girl/is
14) my/studying/I/hard/examination/final/for/am
15)  very/station/the/closer/railway/is/the/to/supermarket  

(Answers at the next 'lesson.')