Cause-and-Effect Pattern

1. I. The prices of vegetables have increased greatly during this summer.

2. 
   II. There is huge increase in the temperature during this summer thereby damaging crops greatly.

• Statement I is the effect and statement II is its cause

• Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

• Both statements are causes of a common effect

1. 
   The number of asthma cases in the city is increasing.

3. __________ the city's leader aims to get the air pollution reduced by 20% in the next two months.

• 
  Seeing that

• Due to the fact that

• For this reason

1. The school has prohibited the use of all phones at school _____________

2. 
   the teachers complained about the disturbances caused by cell phone ring-tones inside the classrooms.

• because of this

• 
  consequently

• 
  for the reason that

1. I. The police has recently caught a group of house breakers.

2. 
   II. The citizens' groups in the locality have started night watch in the area.

• Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

• Statement I is the effect and statement II is its cause

• Both statements are effects of some common cause

I. The government imported a lot of sugar.

II. Sugar prices have dropped significantly in the domestic market.

• Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

• Statement I is the effects and statement II is its cause

• Both statements are independent cause of an effect