11. I haven't met him since I was a student
19. Because of the bad weather, they didn't find the trip interesting
20. Because of the terrible traffic, they arrived late
Join the following pairs of sentences using because and because of:
1. He didn’t go to school. It was raining .
-> He didn’t go to school because it was raining.
-> He didn’t go to school because of the rain.
2. The student arrived late. There was a traffic jam.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. We decided to leave early. The party was boring.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. It was a public holiday. All the shops were shut.
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5. I lost my job. I was ill.
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41. The plane couldn't take off because the weather was bad. -->Because of 42. Rice plants grow well because the climate is warm and damp. -->Because of 43. He couldn't drive fast because the street was crowded and narrow. -->Because of 44. I can't sleep because the weather is hot. -->Because of 45. He left school because his life was hard. -->Because ofp
1.the tree rose is beautiful. i bought is last week
- the tree rose.................
2.tom arrived late and started complaining
- no only.....................
3. the weather was bad, so we didn't go out
- because..................
4.she was sorry that she hadn't applied for the job in library
- she regretted...............
5. if he doesn't work harder, he'll lose his job
- unless..........
I watched an interesting film last night. =>An interesting...... We go fishing because the weather is good. =>The weather................ Was/learned/when/I/a/to/I/child/swim. =>..........
35. He came late because it rained -->Because of 36. I can't study because it is noisy. -->Because of 37. The train came late because it was foggy. -->Because of 38. All the teachers love him because his conduct is good. -->Because of 39. The train was late because the fog was thick. -->Because of 40. We stopped our car because the traffic lights turned red. -->Because of
Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer
I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (1)____you about it. I was very
(2)________when I knew l was going to Australia because 1 had never been there before. I didn’t think about
the problems of speaking English (3j________1 met my host family. At first 1 couldn’t communicate with
them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all
(4)________we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation
wasn’t. My problem is (5)________‘1’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat
in Vietnam?” I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”...
1. A. say B. tell C. talk D. speak
2. A. exciting B. excites C. excited D. excite
3. A. after B. until C. when D. while
4. A. although B. even C. because D. so
5. A. pronouncing B. speaking C. reading D. telling
1) The last time we drank chamgpage was five months ago.
-> We haven't
2) I stayed at home because of feeling tired.
-> I felt
3) Go to Hanoi capital, and you will have a lot of fun.
-> If
4) John forgot his umbrella, so he got wet.
-> Because of
5) They came to class late because of the heavy rain.
-> It rained
Tom started learning English when he was nine. (SINCE) =>
The last time she had a swim was five years ago. (HAS) =>
I can’t cook as well as my mother does. (BETTER) =>
We were late for school because of the heavy rain. => Because it_________________.
The cake was so hard that I couldn’t eat it. => It was such _____________.
1. The children are going swimming because the weather is hot.
Because of ______________________________________.
2. I didn't want to be late for school, so I hurried.
Because _________________________________________.
3. Peter was careless. He lost the game.
Since _____________________________________________.
Because of _________________________________________
4. Despite her good performance ,Susan felt unsatisfied.
Though Susan ___________________________________.
5. Although Lan was tired, she still came to the meeting.
In spite of _________________________________.
