Spoken English

Use of That’s why + (subject + verb) & It’s time to + (verb); Day: 38

That’s why + (subject + verb)

‘That’s’ is short for ‘that is.’ Here you are telling someone ‘because of this’ or ‘therefore.’

‘āĻ“āĻŸāĻž’ āĻāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ‘āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻž’āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ ‘āĻāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡’āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“That’s why people admire you.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤”

“That’s why she appears so happy.”

“āĻ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ–ā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“That’s why babies crawl before they can walk.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“That’s why Pam cries at sad movies.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻƒāĻ–āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻšāĻ˛āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻāĻĻā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“That’s why you fail to understand.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤”

“That is why you help out people in need.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§€ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“That is why you try and include everyone.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“That is why you lock your doors when you leave home.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĻāĻ°āĻœāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“That is why she smiles when you walk by.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻŸāĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤”

“That is why you use it for emergencies.”

“āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻ°ā§āĻ°ā§€ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

It’s time to + (verb)

You are letting someone know that something is required to be done at the present time.

āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĻƒ:

“It’s time to say goodbye.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to ask for a raise.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to collect our money.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to cheer for our team.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to change the clocks.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ˜āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It is time to decide what to do.”

“āĻ•ā§€ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It is time to enjoy ourselves.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It is time to fill me in on what’s going on.”

“āĻ¯āĻž āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤”

“It is time to help out.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“It is time to join a gym.”

“āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”