Clauses and Phrases of Reason

____extremely bad weather in the mountains, we are no longer considering our skiing trip.

• Due to

• Because

• Since

• Due to the fact that

Anh Duc is motivated to study____ he knows that a good education can improve his life

• Therefore

• Because of

• Because

• So

Kim doesn't do well in school____her inability to concentrate on any one thing for longer than a minute or two

• as

• despite

• because of

• therefore

____the need to finish this project soon, I want you to work on this overtime for the next few days

• Because

• So that

• Because of

• In spite of

____I can't make the presentation myself, I've asked my assistant to prepre it for me

• Since

• So that

• Only if

• On the other hand

____it was dark and rainy, I couldn’t see the road signs well

• As

• Although

• Even though

• Due to

Find a mistake in the sentence:

Because the hot weather, we went swimming every day last week

• Because

• hot weather

• went

• every day

Find the mistake in the sentence:

Needed some money to buy a book, Tom cashed a check

• Needed

• cashed

• a check

Tri arrived late____he had missed the first bus

• Because of

• Because

• So that

• But

I can’t lend you any money ____ I don´t have any

• Because

• Despite

• However

• So