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WELLCOME EVERYBODY TO

OUR EXPOSITION
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT CAUSE AND EFFECT LINKERS AND
VOCABULARY ABOUT ADJECTIVES COMMONLY USED TO
DESCRIBE MOVIES
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DUE TO / BECAUSE OF / AS A RESULT OF

• WE USE THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE


OR AT THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO CLAUSES.
• THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY THE REASON FOR AN
ACTION OR AN EVENT
• INTRODUCE A CAUSE IN THE FORM OF A NOUN
PHRASE.
•  FOLLOWED BY A NOUN CLAUSE OR ‘THE FACT
THAT’.
EXAMPLES:
 DUE TO HIS BAD ATTITUDE, HE LOST HIS JOB.
 HE FELL DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BALL THAT HIT HIM.
 AS A RESULT OF THE WAR, THE PRICES OF OIL AND BREAD WENT UP
ENORMOUSLY.
CONSEQUENTLY
• INTRODUCE AN EFFECT.
• IT USED TO JOIN TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES (OR
INDEPENDENT CLAUSES) TOGETHER.
• TRANSITION THE READER FROM THE IDEA
EXPRESSED IN ONE CLAUSE TO THE IDEA
EXPRESSED IN THE NEXT CLAUSE. 
• GENERALLY COMES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
SENTENCE.

EXAMPLES:
 MANY OF THE UNIVERSITY SUBJECTS AVAILABLE ARE NOT TAUGHT
AT SCHOOLS, AND CONSEQUENTLY, THEY MAY BE UNFAMILIAR.
 IT WAS RAINING. CONSEQUENTLY, I STAYED AT HOME.
AS A RESULT OF (SPECIAL)
• AS A RESULT OF IS A TRANSITIONAL PHRASE AND
CAN BE FOLLOWED BY A NOUN PHRASE OR AN
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE.
• TRANSITION THE READER FROM THE IDEA
EXPRESSED IN ONE CLAUSE TO THE IDEA
EXPRESSED IN THE NEXT CLAUSE. 
EXAMPLES:
 SHE WAS NOT PROTECTED. AS A RESULT,  SHE HAD A BABY AT THIRTEEN.
 I STAYED HOME AS A RESULT OF THE RAIN.
WELL THEN, I AM CONCERNED BY WHAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF THIS KIND
OF ILLITERACY DURING ELECTIONS.
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