Cause and Effect Practice

Name the red part of the sentence.

There was a car accident on the highway, so we arrived late to school.

• Cause

• Effect

What is the cause in this sentence?

Because it rained, I got soaked.

• it rained

• I got soaked

• sure

• I don't know

The cause is _____________

• What Happens
• Why Something Happens

Cause: Today is Alanna's birthday.

• She got into trouble.
• She did not get any presents.
• She got birthday cake.
• She scraped her leg.

Cause:  It is a windy day.
What is a possible effect?

• The dog began to bark.
• David flew his kite.
• She played in the sand.
• We used an umbrella.

I left the cake in the oven too long and it got burned. What is the effect?

• it got burned
• left cake in the oven too long
• left cake in the oven
• burned

Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels by the pool. Later, Carl got out of the pool and reached for a towel. He did not see the cell phone and it went flying into the water when he grabbed the towel on top of the stack. He jumped in after it, but the cell phone was ruined.

What caused mom's phone to fall into the pool?

• Carl grabbed the towel that the cell phone was on.

• The phone got ruined by the water.

• Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels.

• Carl jumped in the pool to get the phone.

Little Johnny Wiggins fell down a well on the farm.  His family looked for him.  Finally, at sundown, Mr. Wiggins found Johnny.  He had been trapped in the well for three hours.
CAUSE: Johnny Wiggins fell down a well.
What was the EFFECT?

• He was trapped for three hours.
• His mother found him at sundown.
• He was visiting the farm.

Name the UNDERLINED part of the sentence.

Bailey could not find her slipper because her new puppy buried it in the yard.

• Cause

• Effect

What is an effect?

• Something that causes something else

• What happens because of a cause

• The first thing that happens

• Something that happens