cause and effect 4A3

She is late _____ she will have to take a taxi.

• So

• Because

She is studying Italian ____________ she loves languages.

• So

• Because

She has a lot of money _____________ she can buy that expensive coat.

• So

• Because

We didn't swim ....... the water wasn't clean.

• because

• so

Cause: Today is Shannan's birthday.

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

Ms. Cloos started to talk, so the students stopped and paid attention.

_{Is the red part of the sentence the cause or the effect?}

• Cause
• Effect

Jacob went to the school nurse.  _{Choose a possible cause}

• Jacob felt perfectly fine this morning. 

• Jacob walked to school with Mary

• Jacob fell and scraped his knee at the bus stop

• Jacob wanted to join the basketball team

Bekah played in the mud and she got very dirty.

_{Is the red part of the sentence the cause or the effect?}

• Cause 
• Effect

Because the wind was so strong, many trees were knocked over.

_{Is the red part of the sentence the cause or the effect?}

• Effect
• Cause

The cause is _____________

• What Happens
• Why Something Happens