Question

________ the traffic jams, we couldn't get there on time. Although Because Traffic jams' is the reason why we couldn't get there on time. To introduce a reason we could also use 'because'. But you should remember that after 'because' we place a clause. Linking words of reason that are followed by a noun are: owing to, due to, because of. Other given linking words do not relate to the meaning of the sentence. 2

Accepted Answer

4 So Because of linking words

Task	________ the traffic jams, we couldn't get there on time.
Answer	4
a	Although
b	So
c	Because
d	Because of
comment	Traffic jams' is the reason why we couldn't get there on time. To introduce a reason we could also use 'because'. But you should remember that after 'because' we place a clause. Linking words of reason that are followed by a noun are: owing to, due to, because of. Other given linking words do not relate to the meaning of the sentence.
topic	linking words
level	2

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