Understanding Cause and Effect Terms

Which word means "the result of an action"?

• cause

• effect

• connect

• event

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word is used to show a reason for something happening?

• because

• event

• therefore

• due

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

What is the term for something that happens, especially something important?

• event

• connect

• reason

• effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Which word means "to join or link things together"?

• connect

• cause

• since

• effect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.5.6

CCSS.L.6.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

Which word is used to explain why something happened?

• reason

• event

• effect

• connect

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which word is often used to show the result of something in a sentence?

• therefore

• cause

• connect

• event

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

Which word can be used instead of "because" to show a reason?

• since

• event

• effect

• connect

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Which word means "the reason something happens"?

• cause

• effect

• due

• connect

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Which word is used to show that something happens as a result of something else?

• due

• connect

• event

• reason

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "He was late ______ he missed the bus."

• since

• effect

• event

• connect

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C