Cause and Effect Practice

A tornado was heading straight for town. Which is NOT an effect?

• We dashed to the basement.

• I got help for my homework.

• I grabbed blankets and a flashlight.

• Mom called everyone together.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

My sister is so kind! Which are the effects?

• All of my friends love her.

• She volunteers to babysit for free.

• She helps my brother with his homework.

• She looks up at the sky at night.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Write the "cause" phrase from the sentence on the line.

When Sacagawea died in 1812, Clark adopted her two children.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Write the effect from the sentence on the line.

When captured by the Hidatsa tribe, Sacagawea was sold to a Mandan clan.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Write the cause from the sentence on the line below.

When Omar stubbed his toe, he cried out "Yowzers!"

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Write the effect from the sentence on the line below.

When Omar stubbed his toe, he cried out, "Yowzers!"

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Write the cause from the sentence on the line below.

When the theatre lights were turned on, I was blinded for a moment.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Based on the clues in the following sentences, what is a possible "effect"?

1. Crows love corn. The corn was ripening fast. Mom gave me some old clothes and some hay.

• I will make a scarecrow.

• I will do the chores.

• I will make a costume for Halloween.

• I am going to pick sweet corn to sell.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Choose the effect that you might expect from the following sentences.

The cabin was too dark for reading. I couldn't light a fire in the fireplace in hot weather. A lantern sat on the table.

• I will light the lantern.

• I will turn on the lights.

• I will go to sleep without reading.

• My mom will read to me.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

Check all the boxes that show possible effects for the following sentence.

People walk thoughtlessly.

• They knock over others.

• Others are forced to step aside.

• People become angry.

• It is unsanitary.

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CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3