Cause and Effect: Sentence Identification
Find causes and effects in ten sentences and underline them in two colours, following the introductory examples.
- Grades
- Grades 1–2
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- 2
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- Subject
- Reading, ELA
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- Worksheets
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This cause and effect worksheet is a great way for students to identify the cause and effect in the sentences provided. This is a skill that will help them in their reading comprehension.
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Learning objectives
- Locate a cause within a complete sentence
- Identify the effect produced by an event
- Use sentence relationships rather than word order to distinguish cause from effect
Teaching tips
- Read each sentence once for meaning before introducing the two coloured underlines.
- Ask learners to restate one marked pair using because or so to test the relationship.
Skills covered
- Causal reasoning — readers connect an event with its result.
- Sentence analysis — relationship parts are marked within continuous text.
- Signal-word awareness — varied connectors support interpretation without a single formula.
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- Cause and effect
- Sentence relationships
- Close reading
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