How to use the following words โ€“ IS, WAS, THAT, THE

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IS is the singular present form of the verb โ€˜to beโ€™ โ€“ it is used with nouns and pronouns.
For example:

  • She is twenty years old ย ย 
  • He is from Australia ย 
  • It is very heavy ย ย 
  • Nadia is my friend ย ย 
  • Life is beautiful ย ย 
  • That is heavy ย ย 
  • This is fun

If you want to use this in a plural form you would use ARE with a suitable noun or pronoun .e.g.

  • They are very young ย 
  • We are from England ย 
  • Those are heavy ย 
  • Dreams are inexplicable ย 

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WAS is the singular past form of the verb โ€˜to beโ€™ โ€“ it is used with nouns and pronouns.
For example:

  • She was in my class ย 
  • He was always happy ย 
  • This was his house ย 
  • Daniel was late ย 
  • Their house was messy ย 
  • It was his fault ย 

If you want to use this in a plural form, you would use WERE with a suitable noun or pronoun .i.e.

  • They were in my class ย ย 
  • John and Sarah were always happy ย 
  • These were his clothes ย 
  • Their bedrooms were always messy ย  ย ย 

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THAT is a demonstrative pronoun, which applies to the above. You use it to โ€˜pointโ€™ at nouns, so to speak. Here are some examples:

  • That is a big house ย 
  • That is mine ย 
  • That is not heavy ย 
  • That was tasty ย 
  • That was a sad movie

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THE is an article, it is always followed by a noun, I have listed some examples below:

  • The house ย ย 
  • The bedroom ย ย 
  • The cat ย ย 
  • The table

Here are some sentences that use all the words related to your question:

  • This school is fantastic ย 
  • I was late for school ย 
  • She is my best friend ย 
  • This is my mother ย 
  • That dress is beautiful ย 
  • That party was great fun ย 
  • The principal was unwell ย 

I hope this answers your question!

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