- Adverbial clause of reason. Please turn to Page 46. First read the examples in Activity 1 and then try to find out the answers individually. Two minutes for you.

Two minutes later.

T: Time is up. Who'd like to answer the questions?

S1: I think the words "as / since" both can be replaced by the word "because".

S2: The words "as / since" sound less formal than the word "because". As we all know, "because" can be used to answer the questions which begin with "why".

T: What you said is quite right. How about the third question?

Ss: He was saying something that people knew. For example, since everyone is here, let's begin our meeting. Since you will go abroad, so will I.

T: You have done a very good job. Now, let's complete the sentences in Activity 2. You are to complete them individually and then exchange the answers with your partners.

Task 2 Practice

T: Let's do some exercises about adverbial clause of reason. Turn to Page 92, Exercise 4. Please try to complete the sentences using the given words and pay attention to the correct punctuation. Two minutes for you to prepare and then you are to do it orally.

Step IV Homework

T: Today we have learned adverbial clauses of time and reason. So after class, please sum up what you have learned.

1. You are to make two sentences with adverbial clause of time and two sentences with adverbial clause of reason.

2. Try to get as much information about English newspapers as possible.