1. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons (Oxford English 4B, p.177)

2. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons As Since Because Because of Due to Owing to Thanks to The cause of The reason for On account of

3. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons As Since Because A clause Examples: Everyone should see that film as it is very famous. Since I have not see King Kong yet, I will try to get a video of it. We like horror films because we enjoy being scared a little. (containing a finite verb)

4. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons Because of Due to Owing to Thanks to The cause of The reason for On account of A noun or noun phrase (with no verb)

5. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons Examples: Thanks to the music, the film is very exciting. The Alien films are frightening because of the terrible monsters. The Phantom is frightening on account of the terrible defects in his face.

6. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons Because of, due to, owing to, thanks to, the cause of, the reason for, on account of A clause A noun or noun phrase E.g. I don’t like summer because it is hot. I don’t like summer because of the heat. As, since, because

7. Adverbial Clauses of Reasons As, sinceBecause Less important reasons Important reasons  Start sentences  Start a sentence