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2 Complete these sentences with 
so
 or 
because
. 
a 
Ibn Battuta didn’t want to carry his big bag …………… it had lots of things in it.
b 
He gave the bag to his guide, …………… the guide carried it for him.
c 
…………… the guide wasn’t very rich, he needed money badly.
d 
The clothes in Ibn Battuta’s bag were expensive, …………… the guide wanted them.
e 
…………… the guide ran away with the bag, Ibn Battuta ran after him.
f 
Ibn Battuta soon found the guide …………… the man couldn’t run fast with the bag 
under his arm.
g 
The guide stopped running away …………… Ibn Battuta 
put a knife near his face.
h 
Ibn Battuta spoke angrily to the guide, …………… he 
gave back the bag.
i 
The guide came back with Ibn Battuta …………… he was 
afraid of him.
j 
…………… Ibn Battuta didn’t want to lose his bag again, he watched the guard day 
and night.
k 
Ibn Battuta didn’t sleep much on the way to Oman, …………… he was tired when
he arrived.
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GRAMMAR CHECK
Adverbs of frequency
We use adverbs of frequency to say how often something happened.
These adverbs go after the verb 
to be
, but before other verbs. 
The Sultan of Delhi was 
often 
angry.
A good traveller 
always 
thinks about the weather.
3 Choose the correct adverb of frequency from the words in brackets and put it in