Fill in the blanks.
1He stopped running ............... he was feeling breathless.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "he was feeling breathless."
2............... his illness, he opted for early retirement.
Wrong!
Use "Because of" before the noun phrase "his illness."
3I am here ............... my hard work.
Wrong!
Use "because of" before the noun phrase "my hard work."
4No, you are here ............... your parents are rich.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "your parents are rich."
5............... his knee injury, he couldn't play well yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "Because of" before the noun phrase "his knee injury."
6............... he had injured his knee, he couldn't play.
Wrong!
Use "Because" before the clause "he had injured his knee."
7I am late ............... the car broke down on the way.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "the car broke down on the way."
8She is working hard ............... she doesn't want to fail again.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "she doesn't want to fail again."
9The injured person died ............... he had lost too much blood.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "he had lost too much blood."
10I felt thirsty ............... I had been sweating a lot.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "I had been sweating a lot."
11She scored good marks ............... she had studied hard.
Wrong!
Use "because" before the clause "she had studied hard."
12............... his stupidity, he got himself into serious trouble.
Wrong!
Use "Because of" before the noun phrase "his stupidity."
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- He stopped running because he was feeling breathless.
- Because of his illness, he opted for early retirement.
- I am here because of my hard work.
- No, you are here because your parents are rich.
- Because of his knee injury, he couldn’t play well yesterday.
- Because he had injured his knee, he couldn’t play.
- I am late because the car broke down on the way.
- She is working hard because she doesn’t want to fail again.
- The injured person died because he had lost too much blood.
- I felt thirsty because I had been sweating a lot.
- She scored good marks because she had studied hard.
- Because of his stupidity, he got himself into serious trouble.
