1 Cause & Effect Matching
🔗 A cause is WHY something happens. An effect
is WHAT happens. Draw a line to match each cause to its effect.
Remember: Cause → WHY | Effect →
WHAT happened
CAUSE (Why?)
The bakery ran out of flour.
Leo left his bike outside all night.
The coach blew the whistle.
Grandma planted extra tomato seeds.
The power went out during the storm.
EFFECT (What happened?)
They could not make more bread.
The seat was covered in dew in the morning.
All the players stopped running.
The garden grew more tomatoes than they could eat.
The whole house went dark.
2 Find the Cause
🤔 Read the effect (what happened). Write what you think CAUSED it.
3 Find the Effect
💡 Read the cause (why). Write what you think the EFFECT would be.
4 Cause & Effect in a Story
📖 Read the short story. Find TWO cause-and-effect pairs.
Priya wanted to enter the science fair, so she chose to grow bean plants in different amounts of sunlight. She forgot to write down her first week of notes. When she checked her plants again, she couldn't remember which one got the most light. Priya decided to start over and this time she used a chart to track everything carefully. Her second try earned her a blue ribbon at the fair.
+ Bonus Reading Practice
Use this short practice to extend Set 3.
Topic words: garden, seed, leaf, plan
1. Write one sentence using two of the words above.
2. What detail would you expect to find in a passage about this topic?