Question

4 Complete the examples and rules with so or because.1 I'm really bored now - I'm still in hospital.2 It was getting dark, — we were hurryingO RULES1 We use to give a reason.2 We useto explain a result.3 We use a comma before but notbefore __.​

Answer 1

1 I'm really bored now BECAUSE I'm still in hospital.

2 It was getting dark, SO we were hurrying.

O RULES

1 We use BECAUSE to give a reason.

2 We use SO to explain a result.

3 We use a comma before SO but not

before BECAUSE.

Answer 2

Here are the completed examples and rules:

Examples:

1. I'm really bored now because I'm still in the hospital.
2. It was getting dark, so we were hurrying.

Rules:

1. We use "because" to give a reason.
2. We use "so" to explain a result.
3. We use a comma before but not before "so."

So, in the examples provided:

• "I'm really bored now" is the result of being in the hospital, so we use "because" to indicate the reason.
• "We were hurrying" is the result of it getting dark, so we use "so" to explain the result.