EXERCISE 5:

Choose the correct completion.

1- Neglect and deprivation during childhood [lead to/result from) anti-social behavior and delinquency in some teenagers.

2- [Due to the fact that/Owing to) many police departments are understaffed, crime continues to rise.

3- [Due to the fact that/Owing to) a shortage of trained police officers, crime continues to rise.

4- The long queues of traffic [resulted in/resulted from) an accident involving a car and a truck on the A41.

5- An accident involving a car and a truck on the A41 this morning [resulted in/resulted from) long queues of traffic. 

6- [Thanks to/Due to the fact that) funding and a handful of volunteers, the woman's refuge is now operational.

7- She left her daughter at her mother's [so/as] she didn't want to drag her around all the shops.

 8- She didn't want to trail around the shops with her daughter, [so/as) she left her at her sister's house.

9- He is a father of two children now; [therefore/since), he can't afford everything he used to.

10- The price increase is [since/due to) an increase in the price of raw materials.

11- [As a consequence of/The reason for] the threat of terrorist attacks, all Accident and Emergency staff are undergoing training for chemical and biological incidents.

12- She changed her job. not {because/for) she didn't like working for the council but (because/thanks to) she was offered so much money to manage the veterinary surgery.

13- [Because/Because of) the magazine came with a desirable free gift, I couldn't resist buying it.

14- [Because/Because of) the free nail varnish offered with the magazine, I decided to buy it.

15- [For/As) I am attending a meeting in London on Friday, 1 will have dinner with my sister who lives there.