Exercise 1: Supply either “BECAUSE or BECAUSE OF” as appropriate.
1. It was difficult to deliver the letter …………….…the sender had written the wrong address on the envelope.
2. We decided to leave early …………..…………….the party was boring.
3. Rescue attempts were temporarily…………………..…the bad weather.
4. They visited their friends often ……………………they enjoyed their company.
5. Paul can’t go to the football game ……………………………his grades.
6. Marcella was awarded a scholarship……………….her superiors scholastic ability
7. Nobody ventured outdoor ………………………..the hurricane warning.
8. We plan to spend our vacation in the mountains …………....the air is purer there
9. We have to drive around the bay ……………..the bridge was destroyed in the storm.
10. The chickens have died …………….the intense heat.
Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with “ALTHOUGH, IN SPITE OF, BECAUSE or BECAUSE OF”.
27. ………………………it rained a lot, we enjoyed our vacation.
28. a/ ………………………all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
b/ ……………….we had planned everything carefully, a lot of things went wrong.
29. a/ I went home early …………......................….I was feeing sick.
b/ I went to work the next day ……………………I was still feeling sick.
30. I couldn’t get to sleep ………………………..there was a lot of noise.
31. I didn’t get the job …………………………….being extremely qualified.
32. ……………………………..the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.
33. I couldn’t sleep ………………………….. I was really tired.
34. The flight may be cancelled …………………………the thick fog.
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