EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences with either because or because of.

3. We can't visit the museum tomorrow __________ it isn't open.

• because of

• because

EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences with either because or because of.

4. Jim has to give up jogging _______ his sprained ankle.

• because of

• because

EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences with either because or because of.

5. ____________ heavy fog at the airport, we had to stay in London an extra day.

• Because

• Because of

EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences with either because or because of.

6. _____________ the elevator was broken, we had to walk up six flights of stairs.

• Because of

• Because

EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences with either because or because of.

7. Thousands of Irish people emigrated to the United States __________ the potato famine in Ireland in the mid-19th century.

• because

• because of

EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences with either because or because of.

8. The young couple decided not to buy the house ________ its dilapidated condition.

• because of

• because

EXERCISE 3: Using the ideas given in parentheses, complete the sentences.

2. (The traffic was heavy.) We were late to the meeting due to ________________.

• the traffic was heavy

• the traffic heavy

• was heavy traffic

• the heavy traffic

EXERCISE 3: Using the ideas given in parentheses, complete the sentences.

3. (Bill's wife is ill.) Bill has to do all of the cooking and cleaning because of _______________.

• his wife is ill

• his wife's illness

• his wife illness

• is wife ill

EXERCISE 3: Using the ideas given in parentheses, complete the sentences.

4. (Dr. Robinson has done excellent research on wolves.) Due to ______________________, we know much more today about that endangered species than we did even five years ago.

• Dr. Robinson having done excellent research on wolves

• Dr. Robinson do excellent research on wolves

• Dr. Robinson's excellent research on wolves

• Dr. Robinson has done excellent research on wolves

EXERCISE 3: Using the ideas given in parentheses, complete the sentences.

5. (It was noisy in the next apartment.) I couldn't get to sleep last night because of _______________________.

• the noise in the next apartment

• the noisy was in the next apartment

• the noisy in the next apartment

• being noisy in the next apartment