Question
16: Complete the sentences with so or because. Add COMMAS where
appropriate. CAPITALIZE as necessary.
1. a. He was hungry
b.
Because
c. He ate a sandwich
2. a.
3. a.
, SO
he ate a sandwich.
he was hungry , he ate a sandwich.
because
he was hungry.
my sister was tired she went to bed.
b. My sister went to bed
c. My sister was tired
she was tired.
she went to bed.
human beings have opposable thumbs they can
easily pick things up and hold them
b. Human beings have opposable thumbs
they
can easily pick things up and hold them.
c. Human beings can easily pick things up and hold them
they have opposable thumbs.
4. a. Schoolchildren can usually identify Italy easily on a world map
it is shaped like a boot.
b.
_ Italy has the distinctive shape of a boot
schoolchildren can usually identify it easily.
c. Italy has the distinctive shape of a boot
schoolchildren can usually identify it easily on a map.
9-1
Answer
Because he was hungry, so he ate a sandwich; My sister was tired, so she went to bed; Human beings have opposable thumbs, so they can easily pick things up and hold them; Italy has the distinctive shape of a boot, so schoolchildren can usually identify it easily on a map.