CAUSE AND EFFECT

1. ______________ is a relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.

• transitional devices

• cause and effect

• parts of speech

• grammatical rules

2. A child eats only junk food and never does anything active. The effect of this sentence is _______________.

• The child is energetic.

• The child is unhealthy.

• The child is happy.

• The child is late.

3. I stayed at home because it was raining. What is the conjunction used in the sentence?

• stayed

• raining

• because

• home

4. Because the alarm was not set, I was late for work. What is the cause in the sentence?

• I was late for work

• the alarm was not set

• the alarm was not set, I was late for work

• Because the alarm

5. What is the effect in the sentence "John made a rude comment, so Elise got mad at him."

• John made a rude comment

• John and Elise

• Elise got mad at him

• rude comment

6. Because Jay was lazy, he did not pass the test. What is the signal word used in the sentence?

• Jay

• did

• test

• because

7. What could be the effect of this?

• The child is playing.

• Mother gets mad at the child.

• The child accidentally spilled the juice.

• Mother is cooking.

8. Name the red part of the sentence.

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

• Cause

• Effect

9. The effect is ____________.

• what happened

• why it happed

• how it happened

• it never happened

10. The cause is ____________.

• what happened

• why it happed

• how it happened

• it never happened