Clauses with Because, Before, After, As soon as Complete each sentence. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Because the Stars' best player was hurt,___.
a) they didn't expect to win. b) their fans were very happy.

2. As soon as they came out on the field,. a) everybody cheered. b) they lost.

3. Before the game started, .
a) the players took showers. b) the players looked nervous.

4. As soon as they started to play, .
a) they weren't nervous anymore. b) they lost.

5. Because they won, ___.
a) their fans were excited. b) their fans were upset.

6. They went out to celebrate after ___.
a) they finished playing. b) they lost the game.

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.

there is no woman's sides

can bide the beating of so strong a passion

as love doth give my heart; no woman's heart

so big, to hold so much; they lack retention.

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