Spoken English

Use of The point is that + (subject + verb) & How was + (noun); Day: 39

The point is that + (subject + verb)

By stating ‘the point is’ you are stating in your opinion the meaning about what is actually happening.

‘ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ ‘ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“The point is that if you study you will do well in school.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿ āĻšāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§‹āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤”

“The point is that she does not understand.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“The point is that we need this done today.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻœ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĨ¤”

“The point is that the world would be a better place.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻœāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“The point is that we should help.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ‰āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤”

“The point is that snakes can be dangerous.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻœā§āĻœāĻ¨āĻ• āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤”

“The point is that leaving a baby alone is not a good idea.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻž āĻ°ā§‡āĻ–ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“The point is that if we do not leave now we will be late.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻŋ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“The point is that she needs to be more responsible.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻļā§€āĻ˛ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

“The point is that we need to work together.”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŸāĻŋ āĻš’āĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

How was + (noun)

By using the words ‘how was’ you are asking someone a question about something that happened or something they did in the past.

‘āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻ‰āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

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

“How was your meeting?”

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§ˆāĻ āĻ• āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ˛?”

“How was your doctor’s appointment?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was the birthday party?”

“āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was lunch?”

“āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹?”

“How was the airplane ride?”

“āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How was vacation?”

“āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How were your parents?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“How were roads when you drove home?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How were people acting after what happened?”

“āĻ¯āĻž āĻšāĻ“āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•ā§‡āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”

“How were holidays with the family?”

“āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ›ā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛?”