Cause Connectors

materi Cause Connectors “Because / Because of”
Cause Connectors

Because/ because of
because selalu diikuti dengan kalimat lengkap ( Harus ada Verb nya ) ….because of hanya diikuti sebuah kata benda (noun) atau noun phrase.
(tidak boleh ada konjugasi/penghubung antara because of dengan noun ….

Formula :
…because + Subject + Verb ….
ex : He was frustrated because the mucked was up windscreen.
…because of + noun (noun phrase) ….
ex: He was frustrated because of the mucked up windscreen (noun phrase).
He was frustrated because the mucked was up windscreen
note :
Because of sering ditukar dengan due to …
Because juga bisa menjadi sebuah awal kalimat …
ex : because of the rain (noun phrase), we have cancelled the party .

ubordinating conjunctions

Introduce adverb clauses

Either the dependent clause or the independent clause may come first in the sentence, with no change in meaning

ex: Before he came, we didn't have a physical education teacher.

We didn't have a physical education teacher before he came.

· Prepositions

Is followed by a noun or noun phrase

Either clause may appear first

ex: He didn't come to class due to his illness.

Purpose and result (so that)

Formula :

Subject + Verb + so that + Subject + verb

Ex: I tried to run so that I could save money.

Purpose clauses

You use a purpose clause when you want to state the purpose of the action in the independent clause. The most common type of purpose clause is a to-infinitive clause.

Ex: Sarah went to the computer lab to print out her research report.

Result clauses

When you want to indicate the result of an action or situation, you can use a result clause. Result clauses are introduced by conjunctions such as so, so... that, or such … that.

The lecture was boring and irrelevant, so some of the students began to fall asleep.
Peter was having problems with mathematics, so he went to see his tutor to ask for advice.
There were so many books on the subject that Cindy didn’t know where to begin.
There was such a lot of material to cover that Ivan found it difficult to keep up with his studies.

exercise 31-34

Exercise 31 : Nouns Functioning as Adjectives
1. Twelve story
2. Language
3. Three act
4. Two day
5. 79 piece
6. Five shelve
7. 16 ounch
8. Six quart
9. Brick
10. Ten speed
Exercise 32 : Enough
1. Enough people
2. French enough
3. Enough time
4. Fast enough
5. Soon enough
6. Early enough
7. Hard enough
8. Enough slowly
9. Enough flour
10. Enough books

Exercise 33 : Because/Because of
1. Because
2. Because
3. Because of
4. Because
5. Because
6. Because
7. Because
8. Because
9. Because
10. Beccause of


Exercise 34 : so/suck
1. So
2. Such
3. Such
4. So
5. So
6. Such
7. Such
8. So
9. So
10. Such
11. So
12. So
13. Such
14. So
15. So