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- ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එකṭarm ṭesṭ ekaquiz
“ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක” (ṭarm ṭesṭ eka) — quiz in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. English term test — what's written at the end of the term. The bookish pangiparīkshanaya stands in the teacher's report. In a live sentence: “ලබන සතියේ ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක” (laban satiyē ṭarm ṭesṭ eka) — There's a quiz next week. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ට, ර, ්, ම, ්, ට, ෙ, ස, ්, ට, ්, එ… A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක (ṭarm ṭesṭ eka) |
| Read in Latin letters | ṭarm ṭesṭ eka |
| Translation | quiz |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
English term test — what's written at the end of the term. The bookish pangiparīkshanaya stands in the teacher's report
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ලබන සතියේ ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එකlaban satiyē ṭarm ṭesṭ ekaThere's a quiz next week
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “quiz” in Sinhala?
«ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක» (ṭarm ṭesṭ eka), read “ṭarm ṭesṭ eka”. In a live sentence: “ලබන සතියේ ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක” (laban satiyē ṭarm ṭesṭ eka) — There's a quiz next week. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ට, ර, ්, ම, ්, ට, ෙ, ස, ්, ට, ්, එ…
How is “ටර්ම් ටෙස්ට් එක” (ṭarm ṭesṭ eka) written in Latin letters?
ṭarm ṭesṭ eka. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
English term test — what's written at the end of the term. The bookish pangiparīkshanaya stands in the teacher's report. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.