The Thing - EC 3 - 12

The thing

The thing is / was … to identify a key issue

The other thing is … to add another issue

The only thing is … to raise a problem

Ad adjectives to introduce other ideas

The best thing is / was …

The funny thing is / was …

The scary thing is / was …

I loved everything about my vacation,

But the best thing was,

The weather was perfect.

I am a little bored with my job.

The thing is, I am not learning anything new,

And the other thing is,

I don’t have much in common with my co-worker.

My car was stolen once.

The funny thing was,

They brought it back the next day.

My new boyfriend is great in almost every way.

The thing is,

He gossips too much.

I was in a small earthquake once.

The scary thing was,

I didn’t know what to do.

I love everything about my new apartment,

But the best thing is,

I have a great view.

The thing is,

People need to feel safe when they go out at night.

And you know?

Everything was gone.

Her money, credit cards, keys, everything.

The scary thing was,

We didn’t have electrically for three days.

So the funny thing is, ‘

Her prediction about her car turned out to be true.