{"id":72162,"date":"2019-09-16T05:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T05:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72162"},"modified":"2019-09-16T05:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T05:35:56","slug":"because-vs-because-of-class-10-english-grammar-worksheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/because-vs-because-of-class-10-english-grammar-worksheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Because vs. Because Of | Class 10 English Grammar Worksheet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Because <\/b>means for the reason that<\/i>. It is a conjunction. It is used at the beginning of a clause.<\/p>\n

Because of <\/b>is a two-word preposition. It means by reason of<\/i>, on account of<\/i>. It is used before a noun or a pronoun.<\/p>\n

Compare:<\/p>\n

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  • We couldn\u2019t go out because it rained.<\/b><\/li>\n
  • We couldn\u2019t go out because of the rain.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Position<\/h5>\n

    Because <\/b>and its clause can go either before or after the main clause.<\/p>\n

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    • I did it because he told me to do it.<\/li>\n
    • Because he told me to do it, I did it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Because and because of | Grammar exercise<\/h2>\n

      Complete the following sentences using because or because of<\/b>.<\/p>\n

      1. She was late —————— the storm. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      2. I helped him ————– he was my friend. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      3. He decided to hire a taxi —————- he was late. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      4. I couldn’t come —————— I was busy. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      5. You can’t criticise her just —————– she is a woman. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      6. He can’t go out ——————- his illness. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      7. He retired early —————– ill health. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      8. They decided to separate —————- irreconcilable differences. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      9. They decided to separate —————- they were always quarreling. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      10. I didn’t go to the party —————- I was feeling a bit tired. (because \/ because of)<\/p>\n

      Answers<\/h2>\n

      1. She was late because of<\/b> the storm.<\/p>\n

      2. I helped him because<\/b> he was my friend.<\/p>\n

      3. He decided to hire a taxi because<\/b> he was late.<\/p>\n

      4. I couldn’t come because <\/b>I was busy.<\/p>\n

      5. You can’t criticise her just because<\/b> she is a woman.<\/p>\n

      6. He can’t go out because of <\/b>his illness.<\/p>\n

      7. He retired early because of<\/b> ill health.<\/p>\n

      8. They decided to separate because of <\/b>irreconcilable differences.<\/p>\n

      9. They decided to separate because<\/b> they were always quarreling.<\/p>\n

      10. I didn’t go to the party because <\/b>I was feeling a bit tired.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Because means for the reason that. It is a conjunction. It is used at the beginning of a clause. Because of is a two-word preposition. It means by reason of, on account of. It...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1281,1322,1324,1323],"class_list":["post-72162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-because","tag-because-of","tag-because-or-because-of","tag-because-vs-because-of"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72163,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72162\/revisions\/72163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}