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“āϟāĻž’ āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ‘āϏ⧇āϟāĻž’āĨ¤ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āύ ‘āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āϤāĻžāχ’āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“That’s why people admire you.”

“āϤāĻžāχ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤”

“That’s why she appears so happy.”

“āĻ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇āχ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āϖ⧁āĻļāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

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

“āϤāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇āχ āĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϗ⧁āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“That’s why Pam cries at sad movies.”

“āϤāĻžāχ āĻĒāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ–āϜāύāĻ• āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻ⧇āύāĨ¤”

“That’s why you fail to understand.”

“āϤāĻžāχ āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤”

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

“āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§€ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤”

“That is why you try and include everyone.”

“āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύāĨ¤”

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

“āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύāĨ¤”

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

“āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāϛ⧇āύ āϤāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϏ⧇āĨ¤”

“That is why you use it for emergencies.”

“āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϜāϰ⧁āϰ⧀ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤”

It’s time to + (verb)

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

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“It’s time to say goodbye.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to ask for a raise.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to collect our money.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to cheer for our team.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“It’s time to change the clocks.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“It is time to decide what to do.”

“āϕ⧀ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“It is time to enjoy ourselves.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

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

“āϝāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“It is time to help out.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”

“It is time to join a gym.”

“āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤”