Cause and Effect

Name the red part of the sentence.
There was a car accident on the highway, so we arrived late to school.

• Cause

• Effect

Name the red part of the sentence.
Due to the upcoming storm, we put our bikes in the garage.

• Cause

• Effect

Cause: Today is Alanna's birthday.

• She got into trouble.

• She did not get any presents.

• She got birthday cake.

• She scraped her leg.

Cause: My dad picked corn from the garden.

• We had dinner at a restaurant.

• We had some corn with dinner.

• I finished my homework before dinner.

• I had to clean the dishes after lunch.

What was the effect of Mila selling her old games and toys at the garage sale?

• Mila was able to buy a set of books she had been wanting.

• Mila's family had a garage sale.

• A lot of people came to the sale.

• Mila was able to donate the money to her local library.

Cause: We are out of milk.

• My dog ran away.

• We missed the bus.

• We could not have cereal for breakfast.

• We had sandwiches for lunch.

The cause is...

• The reason why something happened

• The result of what happened

Cause:

Effect: The plant died.

• The plant did not get enough water.

• The girl took care of the plant.

• The plant got plenty of sun.

• The plant was pretty.

If it starts raining heavily, what is likely to happen next?

• People will start wearing heavier clothing.

• The streets might get flooded.

• Cars will start flying.

• Trees will lose their leaves.

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Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels by the pool. Later, Carl got out of the pool and reached for a towel. He did not see the cell phone and it went flying into the water when he grabbed the towel on top of the stack. He jumped in after it, but the cell phone was ruined. What caused mom's phone to fall into the pool?

• Carl grabbed the towel that the cell phone was on.

• The phone got ruined by the water.

• Mom put her cell phone on the stack of towels.

• Carl jumped in the pool to get the phone.