Use of Those in Affirmative Answers

We can use ‘those in affirmative answers.

Formation of an affirmative answer

The formation of this sentence is as follows:

• Yes, + those + are/were + other words + full stop (.)
• Yes, + those + subject + are/were + other words + full stop (.)

In brief, we can answer as follows:

• Yes, + those + are/were
• Yes, those are.
• Yes, those were.

Examples of ‘those in affirmative answers

Let’s see how to use ‘those in affirmative answers with some examples.

Here are some examples. The formation is as above.

Have a look-

1. Yes, those oranges are fresh.
   (Yes, those are.)
2. Yes, those were writing papers and pencils. 
    (Yes, those were.)
3. Yes, those are automatic calculators.
   (Yes, those are.)
4. Yes, those were garlands of flowers.
   (Yes, those were.)
5. Yes, those children are mischievous.
   (Yes, those are.)
6. Yes, those mountains were very steep.
   (Yes, those were.)
7. Yes, those huts are on the bank of the river.
   (Yes, those are.)
8. Yes, those were the books I needed.
   (Yes, those were.)
9. Yes, those are my phones.
   (Yes, those are.)
10. Yes, those were your watercolour bottles.
11. Yes, those were selected oil paintings.
    (Yes, those were.)
12. Yes, those trees are in the mountains.
    (Yes, those are.)
13. Yes, those students are serious about their studies.
    (Yes, those are.)
14. Yes, those applications are helpful for science students.
    (Yes, those are.)
15. Yes, those insects were tiny to see from a distance.
    (Yes, those were.)
16. Yes, those women are trained nurses.
    (Yes, those are.)
17. Yes, those are her documents.
    (Yes, those are.)
18. Yes, those books are available in a library.
    (Yes, those are.)
19. Yes, those were damaged pieces of a blanket.
    (Yes, those were.)
20. Yes, those bungalow designs were beautiful.
    (Yes, those were.)
21. Yes, those are the computers of my son.
    (Yes, those are.)
22. Yes, those are the assets of the company.
    (Yes, those are.)
23. Yes, those chairs are expensive.
    (Yes, those are.)
24. Yes, those students are in the sixth standard.
    (Yes, those are.)
25. Yes, those dresses are for ICSE students.
    (Yes, those are.)
26. Yes, those wallets are made of leather.
    (Yes, those are.)
27. Yes, those bags were blue in colour.
    (Yes, those were.)
28. Yes, those utensils were clean.
    (Yes, those were.)
29. Yes, those are computer accessories.
    (Yes, those are.)
30. Yes, those girls were beautiful.
    (Yes, those were.)

 Related Lessons-

1. Use of a pronoun these
2. Use of a pronoun those
3.              negative sentences
4. Use of those questions
5.               affirmative answers 

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