Cause and Effect Short Lesson

Understanding the relationship between actions.

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Cause and Effect

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​Effect: What happens next​

​Cause: What happens first

Multiple Choice

What is the cause in the following sentence:

When I left the trash out, raccoons came to eat it!

• I left the trash out

• raccoons came to eat the trash

• You have to call animal control

• I am a forgetful person

Multiple Choice

What is the cause in the following sentence:

The cats in the window got scared when they noticed the raccoons!

• The cats got in the window

• The cats got scared

• The cats noticed the raccoons

• Indoor cats are usually more afraid

Multiple Choice

What is the effect in the following sentence:

After we turned the light on, the racoons ran away.

• We turned the light on

• We scared the raccoons

• The raccoons ran away

• Raccoons are also scared animals

Multiple Select

What are the effectS in the following sentence:

Since the raccoons got scared, they scattered trash, so I had to pick it all up.

• The raccoons got scared

• The raccoons scattered trash

• I hated cleaning up trash

• I had to pick up the trash

Transition words are used to move from one idea to the next, so they can also give a hint about a cause and effect.

​Transition Words

Conjunctions are words that connect clauses or ideas together, so they can often give you a hint about the relationship between a cause and effect

Conjunctions

​Hints to help find causes and effects

Multiple Choice

What word connects the cause and effect in this sentence:

After I picked the trash up, I had to wash my hands because there were germs.

• Wash

• Hands

• Were

• Because

Multiple Choice

What word connects the cause and effect in this sentence:

Since raccoons can carry diseases, I was a little nervous about going outside.

• Since

• Carry

• Was

• Going

Open Ended

CHALLENGE ZONE:

Write your own cause and effect sentence!

Open Ended

CHALLENGE ZONE:

Write your own cause and effect sentence THAT HAS THE EFFECT COME FIRST.