Cause & Effect Practice

Danny missed the bus and was late for school.

What is the CAUSE in the sentence?

• Danny

• The bus

• Danny missed the bus

• I was late for school

The cake burned in the oven that was too hot.

What is the CAUSE in the sentence?

• The oven

• The cake

• The oven that was too hot

• The cake burned

Carl made an A because of his hard work on his homework.

What is the EFFECT in the sentence?

• Carl

• Carl made an A

• His hard work

• His homework

He watered the tomato plant regularly, and it produced dozens of tomatoes.

What is the CAUSE in the sentence?

• Water

• He watered the tomato plant regularly

• Tomatoes

• It produced dozens of tomatoes

Cause: _________________________

Effect: Jack fell down the stairs

What is the possible cause for the effect?

• HIs father bought a new car

• His bicycle had a flat tire

• The dog barked for hours

• HIs sister left a ball on the stairs

Cause: _________________________

Effect: Jose won the spelling bee

What is the possible cause for the effect?

• He took swimming lessons

• He overslept.

• He practised spelling carefully

• He ate enough breakfast.

Cause: Dark clouds appeared in the sky

Effect: _________________________

What is the possible effect for the cause?

• The lights went out

• The train arrived late

• It began to storm

• The chair fell over

Cause: It snowed last night

Effect: _________________________

What is the possible effect for the cause?

• They are really happy.

• The sheep got out of the field.

• The dish fell off and broke.

• The children made a snowman.

Match the cause to the effect.

Cause : Ben stayed up late.

• He fell down

• He was thirsty

• He laughed

• He was sleepy the next day

Match the cause to the effect.

Cause : The students followed class procedures well.

• The teacher left the class.

• The teacher gave them a reward.

• The class was dismissed

• The teacher was angry.