CAUSE & EFFECT

Name ______________________________________

DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blank with the best answer from the box below.
so

because

as a result of

1) The girl fell off her bike _________________ she cried.

2) _________________ watching too much television, Sara did not finish her homework.
3) Tara got glasses _________________ she could not see very well.
4) _________________ paying attention during class, the teacher let the students leave early.
5) It was very hot outside _________________ Jake put on sunscreen before his soccer game.
6) _________________ banning the poison DDT, eagles are no longer endangered.
7) Laura lost her earring during PE _________________ her friends helped her look for it.
8) Fernanda looked for a new best friend _________________ she and Amanda had a huge argument.
9) _________________of saving his money, Tom was able to buy a car.
10) The student demonstrated respect _________________ the teacher gave him a reward.
11) Juanita moved into Advanced ESL _________________ she got an excellent score on her ESL test.
12) _________________ of using compound sentences, Max received a nearly proficient on his paragraph.
13) Diana was sick _________________ she did not go to school.
14) I did my homework early _________________ I could watch television at 8:00pm.
15) The Tasmanian devil is endangered _________________ of Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD).
16) The phone rang _________________ he answered it.
17) The whole class go donuts _________________ Sabrina won the drawing on Friday.
18) _________________ practicing soccer everyday, he made the high school soccer team.

DIRECTIONS: Complete the cause and effect sentence.

19) As a result of eating too much junk food, __________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
20) She cried because ____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.
21) He forgot to do his homework last night so ________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________.

Answers:
1) so
2) as a result of
3) because
4) as a result of
5) so
6) as a result of
7) so
8) because
9) as a result of
10) so
11) because
12) as a result of
13) so
14) so
15) because
16) so
17) because
18) as a result of