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Concourse 2

so, but, because and although

In this lesson we are going to look at words to join ideas together in English.
All these words are used to talk about WHY things happen.
Look at these sentences:

I took an umbrella because it was raining.
It was raining so I took an umbrella.
It was raining but I didn't take an umbrella.
Although it was raining, I didn't take an umbrella.

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