Fill in the blanks.
1. …………………… they live near me, I see them very often.
Correct!
Wrong!
As shows the reason.
2. ………………….. I knew the reason, I would tell you.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. ……………………… I got home, I sat down to eat something.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. She slipped ………………………. she was getting off the train.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. …………………….. I was walking down the street, I saw Joe driving his Porsche.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. I couldn’t contact him ……………………….. he was on holiday.
Correct!
Wrong!
As shows the reason.
7. ……………………… the patient had lost a lot of blood, the doctors could not revive him.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. Just ……………………… I sat down, the doorbell rang.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. She got married ………………………. she was twenty.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I had an accident …………………….. I was in Frankfurt.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. We decided to order food ……………………. we hadn’t cooked anything.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either as or because is possible here.
12. ……………………… it was a holiday I stayed in bed until afternoon.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- As they live near me, I see them very often.
- If I knew the reason, I would tell you.
- When I got home, I sat down to eat something.
- She slipped as / while she was getting off the train.
- As I was walking down the street, I saw Joe driving his Porsche.
- I couldn’t contact him as he was on holiday.
- As the patient had lost a lot of blood, the doctors could not revive him.
- Just as I sat down, the doorbell rang.
- She got married when she was twenty.
- I had an accident when I was in Frankfurt.
- We decided to order food as / because we hadn’t cooked anything.
- As it was a holiday I stayed in bed until afternoon.
