Cause and Effect and Problem Solution

Cause and Effect and Problem Solution

Week 5-6

Week 5-6

Recite this tongue twister:

Eggs butter cheese bread,

Stick stack stone dead

Stick them up, Stick them down,

Stick them in the old man's crown

Lesson Objectives:

1.Identify the cause and effect relationship

2.Use compound and complex sentences to show cause and effect and problem-solution

relationship of ideas.

Let's study the sentences

As part of the review of sentence structure.

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW:

Sentences are important features of language.

A sentence is composed of a subject and a predicate. It may be written in varied

forms such as simple, compound and complex. They are differentiated

based on how they are written. Also, these sentences may contain varying themes and are helpful in expressing one’s belief and feeling.

Today, you are expected to differentiate compound and complex sentence and use them in showing cause-effect and problem-solution relationships of ideas.

Write "S' for simple sentence and "C" for Compound sentence.

CAUSE-AND-EFFECT

This sentence development shows clear relationship between ideas showing the cause why a certain thing happens, and an effect of the identified cause.

It simply means, that cause expresses the reason while the effect shows the result

Multiple Choice

Read each sentence. Then choose the part that tells the CAUSE.

The astronauts successfully landed so they spent a day on the

moon’s surface.

• so they spent a day on the

  moon’s surface.

• The astronauts successfully landed

Multiple Choice

This astronomy book interests me a lot and I read more books

about it. What part tells the cause?

• This astronomy book interests me a lot

• and I read more books

  about it.

Multiple Choice

It was almost dark so she hurried in order to arrive home on time.

Which is the cause?

• It was almost dark

• so she hurried in order to arrive home on time.

Multiple Choice

The streets were flooded because of the heavy rain.

Which part tells the effect?

• The streets were flooded

• because of the heavy rain.

Multiple Choice

There is a strong typhoon and so I stay at home.

Which part tells the effect?

• So I stay at home

• There is a strong typhoon

Choose the correct connectors from the choices to complete the idea of the sentence

Multiple Choice

1. There were insufficient books for the pupils to use ____________the school

purchased new books for them.

• because

• in order to

• so

• so that

Multiple Choice

2. After the operation, Mark should wear a brace on his back and neck

______ it was too expensive.

• and

• but

• or

• so

Multiple Choice

3. Children are not allowed to go out during this pandemic _________they

still can enjoy the ambience of home.

• and

• but

• or

• so

Multiple Choice

4. Government officials are given the power to enforce the law ________

they apprehend people who disobey it.

• and

• but

• or

• so

Multiple Choice

5. A water pipe in our bathroom burst,_________ my mom called a plumber to fix it up.

• because

• but

• or

• so

Take a look at this example:

The astronauts successfully landed so they spent a day on the moon’s

surface.

The underlined part shows the cause,

The astronauts successfully landed so they spent a day on the moon’s

surface.

The underlined part shows the effect

PROBLEM-SOLUTION 

>portrays a relationship of ideas in a sentence where one idea poses a problem and provides possible solution to it.

Example:

Elena needs to pay her tuition so she applies for a part-time job.

The underlined is the problem.

The solution is : so she applies for a part-time job.

Write CE if the sentence shows cause-and-effect and write PS if it

shows problem-solution

Complete each compound sentence to show cause-and-effect relationship. 

Open Ended

1.Many people didn’t have work during the lockdown

Open Ended

2.We passed the test.

Open Ended

3.Mother told me to study my lessons.

Open Ended

4.Barangay San Francisco had a clean up drive after the typhoon.

Open Ended

5.Enough hour of sleep is important

See you again next week, and keep safe everyone!

Visit your classroom and answer the 10-item test in your classwork.