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Used with adjectives:
"
He needs some basic things for school."
(basic, essential, everyday, new)
"
There are many neat things at the museum."
(neat, interesting, exciting, wonderful, amazing, ancient)
"
What a nice thing you did for your grandmother."
(nice, kind, sweet)
"
That was a foolish thing to do!"
(foolish, silly, stupid, dumb, crazy, brave, dangerous, risky, bad)
"
It's a good thing you remembered your keys."
(good, great, lucky)
"
That's the first thing you should do."
(first, last, next, only)
"
It wasn't such a hard thing to do."
(hard, difficult, easy, simple)
"
It's the little things that make me happy."
(little, small)
"
You did the right thing."
(right, wrong)
Used with verbs:
"
She makes things out of paper."
(makes, creates)
"
Put your things away."
(put)
"
I was looking for that thing all day."
(be + looking, be + searching)
"
You do the funniest things."
(do, say, think)
"
Let's talk things over."
(talk)
"
You must accept the things the way they are."
(accept)
"
Please do not change things."
(change, modify)
"
Things are great."
(be: is/am/are, appear, seem, look)
Used with prepositions:
"
Count the number of things in your bag."
(of)
