ENGLISH 3
Name: ____________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________
CAUSE and EFFECT
What is the weather in the picture?
If it is a sunny day, what do you usually do outside?
Can you go out and play?
What is the weather in the picture?
If it is a rainy day, can you go out and play?
CAUSE – The reason why something happens.
EFFECT – The result of the cause or of an action/event.
Read and understand each sentence.
1. Mika ate all the cupcakes because she was very hungry?
What did Mika do?
Why did he eat all the cupcakes?
The reason why something happens is the cause. In this sentence, the reason
why Mika ate all the cupcakes is that she was hungry. Therefore, it is the cause.
Since Mika is hungry, she ate all the cupcakes. The result of an action is the
effect. So, in this sentence, the effect is Mika ate all the cupcakes.
1. Mika ate all the cupcakes because she was hungry.
Effect Cause
2. Dina studied her lesson last night, so she got a perfect score in the exam.
Cause Effect
3. There was a hole in my pocket that‘s why my coins fell.
Cause Effect
ACTIVITY 1:
Match the cause to its effect.
Effect: I could not get in
the house.
ACTIVITY 2:
Check the best way to finish the sentence.
1. Jimmy was happy
because he won the game.
because he lost his keys.
2. Maya’s T-Shirt was dirty
because she ate chocolates and candies.
Because she watched too much TV.
3. Emma felt sick
so Mom took her to the doctor.
So she went to the zoo.
4. Mara got a bruise
because she fell off her bike.
because she ate a lot of ice-cream.
5. Matt did not study
so he failed his exam.
so he got a high grade.
ACTIVITY 3:
Match the cause to its effect.
CAUSE EFFECT
______1. Mom locked the door of the a. She was very tired.
house.
______2. There was water on the floor. b. He got stomachache.
______3. Robert ate too many candies. c. We couldn’t get inside.
______ 4. She ran from home to school. d. I am very hungry.
______5. I didn’t eat my breakfast. e. Sam slipped.
ACTIVITY 4:
Encircle the cause and underline the effect in each sentence.
1. Tala forgot her Mathematics book at home, so she was not able to do their activity.
2. Miggy was hungry because he skipped lunch.
3. Ely‘s bicycle had a flat tire, so he just walked.
4. Ben had a toothache because he ate all the chocolates.
5. Shirley submitted her project on time so she got a high grade for it.
ACTIVITY 5:
Complete the diagram by writing the effect of the given cause.
CAUSE EFFECT
I played under the rain
yesterday.
I have eaten a lot of
candies yesterday.
It rained all day.
ACTIVITY 6:
Using a graphic organizer, write an example of cause and effect.
Cause Effect