Cause and Effect Relationships and Sentence Structure Quiz

(DOK 1) What do complete sentences have?

• A subject and a verb in the predicate

• Only a verb

• Only a subject

• No subject or verb

(DOK 1) In a cause and effect relationship, what leads up to an event?

• Cause

• Effect

• Relationship

• Predicate

(DOK 2) Which of the following best describes an "effect" in a cause and effect relationship?

• The result(s) of an event

• The beginning of a sentence

• The subject of a sentence

• The action in the predicate

(DOK 2) In the sentence, "It was raining, so I took my umbrella with me," which part is the cause and which is the effect?

• Cause: It was raining; Effect: I took my umbrella with me

• Cause: I took my umbrella with me; Effect: It was raining

• Cause: It was raining; Effect: It stopped raining

• Cause: I forgot my umbrella; Effect: It was raining

(DOK 3) Given the sentence, "The car would not start because it ran out of gas," how could you rewrite the sentence to place the effect at the beginning?

• The car would not start because it ran out of gas.

• Because it ran out of gas, the car would not start.

• The car ran out of gas, so it would not start.

• The car would not start, so it ran out of gas.

Which part of the sentence "The moon has a gravitational pull; consequently, there are ocean tides." is the cause?

• The moon has a gravitational pull

• Consequently, there are ocean tides

• There are ocean tides

• The moon is bright

What do sentences show when they demonstrate cause and effect relationships?

• Cause and effect

• Subject and object

• Predicate and verb

• Noun and adjective

In the sentence "Daily exercise strengthens your heart so people who exercise have stronger hearts," what is the effect?

• People who exercise have stronger hearts

• Daily exercise strengthens your heart

• People exercise daily

• Hearts are important

Depending on the structure of the sentence, the cause can be which part of the sentence?

• Either the subject or the predicate

• Only the subject

• Only the predicate

• Only the object

Given a sentence showing cause and effect, how would you identify which part is the cause and which part is the effect? Explain your reasoning using an example.

• By looking for the reason (cause) and the result (effect); for example, in "My best grade is in science because it is my favorite subject," "it is my favorite subject" is the cause and "my best grade is in science" is the effect.

• By choosing the longer part as the cause and the shorter part as the effect.

• By picking the first part as the effect and the second part as the cause.

• By identifying the verb as the cause and the noun as the effect.