Complete the following sentences using because or because of.
1We cancelled the trip ............... the rain.
Wrong!
2I helped him ............... I liked him.
Wrong!
3It was all ............... my mother that I reached where I am today.
Wrong!
4You have to hurry up ............... you are already late.
Wrong!
5I was late ............... my car broke down on the way home.
Wrong!
6She worked hard ............... she wanted to pass.
Wrong!
7I sat down to rest ............... I was tired.
Wrong!
8She didn’t get the job ............... she didn’t apply in time.
Wrong!
9............... his strange accent, people assume that he is a foreigner.
Wrong!
10He lost his job ............... his drug problem.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/10
Answers
- We cancelled the trip because of the rain.
- I helped him because I liked him.
- It was all because of my mother that I reached where I am today.
- You have to hurry up because you are already late.
- I was late because my car broke down on the way home.
- She worked hard because she wanted to pass.
- I sat down to rest because I was tired.
- She didn’t get the job because she didn’t apply in time.
- Because of his strange accent, people assume that he is a foreigner.
- He lost his job because of his drug problem.
