Grammar Quiz No.110

N3Verb Forms〜おかげで vs 〜せいで

先生の___、試験に合格できました。

Q. Which word credits the teacher positively?

Translation

Thanks to my teacher, I passed the exam.

Explanation

おかげで attributes a good outcome gratefully. せいで blames a bad outcome, and くせに criticizes. ために is neutral-causal but doesn't carry the gratitude the sentence intends.