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experienced a 73 percent drop in their standard of living after a divorce.

Men, (9) (in contrast /


although), experienced a 42 percent rise in their standard of living after a divorce. (10) (Though / On
the other hand) it made divorce simpler, the no-fault divorce has resulted in countless women and chil-
dren in the United States becoming poor.

Title: Cause and Result Sentence Practice


CAUSE AND RESULT
A. Rewrite these sentences using the connectors provided.
1. There are more divorces because divorces are easier to get.
There are more divorces due to divorces being easier to get.
a. due to ________________________________________________________________________
b. now that ______________________________________________________________________
c. since _________________________________________________________________________
d. because of _____________________________________________________________________
e. so ____________________________________________________________________________
f. therefore ______________________________________________________________________

2. They stayed together in order not to hurt the children.


a. so that ________________________________________________________________________
b. due to ________________________________________________________________________
c. as a result _____________________________________________________________________
d. since _________________________________________________________________________
e. consequently ___________________________________________________________________
f. because _______________________________________________________________________

UNIT 13 Adverb Clauses and Related Connectors 131

Source: Daphne Mackey & Anita Sökmen, More Grammar Plus Workbook Page 1/2
© Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE
Title: Cause and Result Sentence Practice

B. Circle the letter of the most logical sentence completion.

1. They lived together a year so that _____________________________.


a. they were very happy together
b. they could find out how they would get along

2. They went to a marriage counselor. As a result, _____________________________.


a. they were sure they could not save their marriage
b. they did not like the counselor they saw

3. He was such a great companion that _____________________________.


a. she knew she would never meet anyone else like him
b. falling in love

4. Their parents approved of the marriage. Therefore, _____________________________.


a. they went ahead and planned the wedding
b. they wanted them to wait for two years before getting married

5. In order to keep both sets of parents happy, _____________________________.


a. they decided to wait to get married
b. that they decided to wait to get married

6. Because of their different cultural backgrounds, _____________________________.


a. then they were reluctant to get married
b. they were reluctant to get married

7. Now _____________________________, they feel better.


a. that they have decided to get married
b. they have decided to get married

8. Because they wanted to keep their wedding costs down, _____________________________.


a. now they decided to have a small wedding
b. they planned to have a small wedding

9. They eloped. Consequently, _____________________________.


a. their parents were furious
b. after they had a regular wedding

10. The bride’s parents didn’t have a lot of money for the wedding expenses. As a result,
_____________________________.
a. they didn’t have a lot of money
b. they didn’t have a big wedding
Source: Daphne Mackey & Anita Sökmen, More Grammar Plus Workbook Page 2/2
© Pearson PHOTOCOPIABLE

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