Kalabhedayange Anupiliwela - කාලභේදයන්ගේ අනුපිළිවෙළ - Sequence of Tenses.
[මෙම පාඩම පසුව සිංහලට පරිවර්තනය කර, පළ කරනු ඇත!]
{This Lesson would be translated into Sinhalese & published later!}
When two sentences are joined to form a complex sentence one of them becomes the Principal Clause and the other the Subordinate Clause.
A Complex Sentence: The teacher said that I was improving in English.
Principal Clause | Conjunction | Subordinate Clause |
The teacher said | that | I was improving in English. |
# There are certain rules about the agreement of the tenses in these two clauses.