Question

[Marry Lili Potter]

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with because/ because of.

1.                                        We delayed our trip         the bad weather.

2.                                        Sue’s eyes were red         she had been crying.

3.                                                          My mother is always complaining       the untidiness of my room.

4.                                                                    The water in most river is unsafe to drink     it’s polluted.

5.                                               The trees were bend over    the wind.

6.                                                        You can’t enter this secure areas you don’t have an official permit.

7.                                                           It’s unsafe to travel in that country     the ongoing civil war.

8.                                                                                Several people in the crowd became ill and fainted                                                              the extreme heat.

9.                                                          Mark didn’t go to work yesterday       he didn’t feel well.

10.                                                     We couldn’t get into the disco       the enormous crowd.

Answer 1

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1.                                        We delayed our trip    because of     the bad weather.

2.                                        Sue’s eyes were red      because   she had been crying.

3.                                         My mother is always complaining    because of   the untidiness of my room.

4.                                         The water in most river is unsafe to drink   because  it’s polluted.

5.                                          The trees were bend over  because of  the wind.

6.                                           You can’t enter this secure areas because you don’t have an official permit.

7.                                            It’s unsafe to travel in that country   because of  the ongoing civil war.

8.                                            Several people in the crowd became ill and fainted because of the extreme heat.

9.                                Mark didn’t go to work yesterday  because     he didn’t feel well.

10.                        We couldn’t get into the disco    because of   the enormous crowd.