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Adverb Clause of Reason

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- because, as, for, since,


that, Seeing that, now that ,in that ,

It is raining.

..
...
..
Because it is raining.
We cannot go out.
Because it is raining, we cannot go out.
We cannot go out because it is raining.

Mother is ill.
.. Because mother is ill I will not go to work.
Because my mother is ill, I will not go to work.
I will not go to work because my mother is ill.

He worked hard / He studied hard.


.. Because he worked hard .
He passed his examination.
He passed his examination because he worked hard.

I like singing.
...
Because I like singing.

I sing.

I sing because I like singing.

We didn't go swimming .
It was cold.

... because it was cold.

We didn't go swimming because it was cold.

I stayed at home.

I was tired.

. because I was tired

I stayed at home because I was tired.

I was late for school.

I missed the the bus.

because I missed the bus

>I was late for school because I missed the bus.

She was busy.

because she was busy

She didn't go out

She didn't go out because she was busy.

I was hungry.

I didn't have lunch.

.. because I didn't have lunch


I was hungry because I didn't have lunch.

We've lost the tickets .

We can't go to the concert

We can't go to the concert because we've lost the tickets.

....

..
..
We are students .
Because we are students..

..)

As it is cold outside, I put on heavy coat.


The streets were flooded as it rained heavily.

As it grew dark, the game was stopped.

As it's raining again, we'll have to stay at home.

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As they are rich, ......

As he was not there, he spoke to his brother.

(Because .. puts more emphasis on the reason, and most often introduces new information which is not
know to the listener / reader.)
Since he had not paid his bill, his electricity was cut off.

.. Since this is an English Class, you


should ..

..

Since we've got a few minutes to wait for the train, let's have a cup of coffee.

I'm afraid I'm not a very good advertisement for the diet since I've actually put on weight
She stands a good chance, since only two people are contesting the seat and the other candidate is very
unpopular.
I can testify to the foregoing since I was actually present when it happened.
There's no point hypothesizing about how the accident happened, since we'll never really know.
I presume that they're not coming, since they haven't replied to the invitation.

Now (that )...used to give an explanation of a new situation

.. tha

......

..

..

Now that you become our president , we warmly welcome you.

Now I've got a car, I don't get as much exercise as I used to.
I never get to see her now that she's left the company.

She's enjoying the job now that she's got more responsibility.

We may as well go to the concert, seeing as we've already paid for the tickets.

..

..

Seeing that you all want to know, I will tell you every thing.

......

For..

He did not accept the bribe for he was an honest man.

I cannot tell whether she is old or young, for I have never seen her.
I decided to stop and have lunch- for I was feeling hungry.

.. For 10 years
..For you..

(For -clauses never come at the beginning of sentences and cannot stand alone. For , used in this sense is
most common in a formal written style.)

That
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I am surprised that Maung Ni is now working for his enermies.

I am glad that you have come.


M ’
He was furious that his book was panned by most reviewers.

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1.Patients were discharged from hospital because the beds were needed by other people.
2.I almost missed my flight because there was a long queue in the duty-free shop.
3.We can't go to Julia's party because we're going away that weekend.
4 ’ ’
5 ’ x

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Because he likes his master, he helped his master.

In this sentence, why he helped his master has been answered by the Adverb-Clause ‘

Such an Adverb-Clause may be of Adverb-Clause of Reason type.


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In this sentence, why I did this work has been answered by the adverb- ‘


.........

Since he has apologized we will take no further action against him.


As he was not there I left a message with his mother.

As it is raining again we will have to cancel the match.

- )

She's angry because he lied to her.

- .

- .

He lied to her, so she's angry.

- .

. because
. So

I was late for school because I missed the bus.


I missed the bus, so I was late for school.

She was busy , so she didn't go out.


She didn't go out because she was busy.

- Ref : Saya U Tha Noe ( English The Easy Way )


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