Name: ___________________________

Find the Cause and Effect

Read each sentence below. Write the
Example: Larry ran across the road and was hit by a car.
cause on the first line and the effect on
Cause: Larry ran across the road.
the second line.
Effect: He was hit by a car.

1. Amanda missed the bus and was late for school.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

2. Vance worked hard on his homework and made an A.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

3. Lightning struck a tree, and the tree started to burn.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

4. Daisy did extra chores around the house and earned extra money to buy a new purse.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

5. A heavy rain flooded the town.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

6. He watered the tomato plant regularly, and it produced dozens of tomatoes.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

7. We forgot to put gas in the car, and we ran out of gas.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

8. The cake burned in the oven that was too hot.

Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

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Name: ___________________________

Find the Cause and Effect

Read each sentence below. Write the
Example: Larry ran across the road and was hit by a car.
cause on the first line and the effect on
Cause: Larry ran across the road.
the second line.
Effect: He was hit by a car.

1. Amanda missed the bus and was late for school.

Amanda missed the bus.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
She was late for school.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

2. Vance worked hard on his homework and made an A.

Vance worked hard on his homework.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
He made an A.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

3. Lightning struck a tree, and the tree started to burn.

Lightning struck a tree.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
The tree started to burn.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

4. Daisy did extra chores around the house and earned extra money to buy a new purse.
Daisy did extra chores around the house.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
She earned extra money to buy a new purse.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

5. A heavy rain flooded the town.

There was a heavy rain.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
The town was flooded.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

6. He watered the tomato plant regularly, and it produced dozens of tomatoes.

He watered the tomato plant regularly.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
The tomato plant produced dozens of tomatoes.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

7. We forgot to put gas in the car, and we ran out of gas.

We forgot to put gas in the car.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
We ran out of gas.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

8. The cake burned in the oven that was too hot.

The oven was too hot.
Cause: _____________________________________________________________________________
The cake burned.
Effect: _____________________________________________________________________________

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