Identifying Cause or Effect

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

I ate too many cookies, so I got a stomach ache.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

We were late to school, because we overslept.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

My friend lied to his mom, so she doesn't believe what he says now.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

My friend stood up for me when someone was mean, so I know she really cares about me.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

People sometimes don't talk to him, because he interrupts all the time.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

My mom let me go to the pool with my friends, because my chores were done.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

Angie's friend, Susan, said she'd come over to her house but Susan never came, so Angie was disappointed and angry.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

I was excited because I found out I was going to sleep over at my friend's house.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

I read more books by that author, because I loved the first one I read.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Is the green part of the sentence the cause or the effect?

I try to treat people the way I want to be treated, so they will be respectful to me.

• Cause

• Effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.8