Cause and Effect

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What is a cause?

Back

A cause is an event or action that makes something happen.

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What is an effect?

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An effect is the result or outcome of a cause.

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Give an example of a cause and effect relationship.

Back

If it rains (cause), the ground gets wet (effect).

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What does 'cause and effect' mean?

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'Cause and effect' refers to the relationship between events where one event (the cause) leads to another event (the effect).

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Identify the cause: 'The sun was shining, so we went to the beach.'

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The sun was shining.

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Identify the effect: 'She studied hard, so she passed the test.'

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She passed the test.

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What is the cause in this sentence? 'Because I was tired, I went to bed early.'

Back

I was tired.

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What is the effect in this sentence? 'He forgot his umbrella, so he got wet.'

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He got wet.

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What is a simple way to remember cause and effect?

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Think of cause as 'why' something happened and effect as 'what' happened.

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In the sentence 'The dog barked because it saw a stranger,' what is the cause?

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It saw a stranger.