Cause & Effect

1. What is the "cause" in the following sentence?

"The heavy rain caused the river to flood."

• a) The heavy rain

• b) The river

• c) To flood

• d) The weather

2. Which of the following is an effect? "The power went out because of the storm."

• a) The storm

• b) The power went out

• c) The weather

• d) The lightning

3. Identify the cause:

"The car wouldn't start because the battery was dead."

• a) The car

• b) The battery was dead

• c) The key

• d) The engine

4. What is the effect in the sentence?

"She forgot her umbrella, so she got wet."

• a) She forgot

• b) Her umbrella

• c) She got wet

• d) She left

5. Choose the cause in the sentence:

"Tom was late to work because of a traffic jam."

• a) Tom was late

• b) Traffic jam

• c) Tom's work

• d) Because

6. What is the effect?

"Because the alarm didn’t go off, he overslept."

• a) He overslept

• b) The alarm didn’t go off

• c) He woke up

• d) He was early

7. Identify the cause:

"She didn’t study, so she failed the test."

• a) She studied

• b) She didn’t study

• c) She passed

• d) The test was hard

8. What is the effect?

"They exercised regularly, so they became fit."

• a) They exercised regularly

• b) They became fit

• c) They skipped exercise

• d) They gained weight

9. Choose the cause in this sentence:

"The plant died because it wasn’t watered."

• a) The plant died

• b) It wasn’t watered

• c) The soil

• d) The sunlight

10. What is the effect in this sentence? "Since the weather was bad, the flight was delayed."

• a) The weather was bad

• 
  b) The flight was delayed

• c) The passengers boarded

• d) The flight was on time