Cause and Effect

English material for class XI

By ; Hailul, S.Pd
Kompetensi Dasar
3.7 Menerapkan fungsi sosial, struktur teks dan unsur
kebahasaan teks interaksi transaksional yang
melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait hubungan sebab akibat , sesuai dengan konteks
penggunaannya. (Perhatikan unsur kebahasaan because
of.., due to….,thanks to..
4.7 Menyusun teks transaksional lisan dan tulis yang
melibatkan tindakan memberi dan meminta informasi
terkait hubungan sebab akibat, dengan memperhatikan
fungsi sosial, struktur teks, dan dan unsur kebahasaan
yang benar dan sesuai konteks
When we talk about cause and effect we use
the following signal words :
Effect resulting from a certain
Cause signal words : cause, we use the following words :
 Because  As a result
 The reason for  Then
 On account of  Hence
 Bring about  For this reason
 Give rise to  Therefore
 Created by  Outcome
 Contributed to  So
 Led to  Consequently
 Due to  Finally
 For this reason  Therefore
 unless  In order to
 Some example of cause and effect
relationship
Sentences
Koala are almost extinct because people
killed too many of them
Cause- people killed too many of them
Effect – Koala almost became extinct
Haze caused by massive forest burning
Cause- massive burning
Effect - Haze
Since they are in love , they forgive each
other’s mistake
Cause- they are in love
Effect- they forgive each other mistakes
Early man learnt to grow food, and as a
result, their lives became easier
Cause- early man learnt to grow food
Effect -Their lives became easier
I was so angry with her because she broke
her promise
Cause – she broke her promise
Effect – I was angry
Since Corona virus spread out people work
from home
Cause – Corona virus spread out
Effect – people work from home
Due to , Because of, owing to, thanks to are
following by a Noun
Due to
Because of
Owing to
+ Noun
Thanks to
Example : -I didn’t go to school because of rain
-the patient passed away because of
corona virus
Because , since, as, for, are followed by a
verb
Because
Since Subject + verb
As
For
As a result
Example : My younger sister was sad because I
broke her cell phone
he got a low grade on his exam as a result of
he didn’t study well
Task 1.
Read the cause, write the effect, then write the complete
sentences using signal words. First has been done for you !

1 All the flights were cancelled because of windy

Cause – Windy
Effect – all flights were cancelled

2 …………………………………………
Cause – she ate too much
Effect -…………………..

3 …………………………………..
cause – I ran out of money
Effect - ……………………….
4 ………………………………
Cause-He is afraid to fly
Effect -………………………

5 …………………………………….
Cause – after the car accident
Effect -…………………………..

6 …………………………………..
Cause - he ate a lot of candy
Effect-………………………
Task 2.
Read the sentences and find cause and effect. First one
has been done for you !

1 The milk spilled over the floor, so Jane got a mop an cleaned it up
Cause – milk spilled
Effect – Jane mop

2 Sitti has planned a trip to her uncle’s house because she loves her cousin
Cause -………..
Effect -………….

3 The green house gasses trap the heat in the air, so the earth becomes
warmer
Cause - ……………
Effect -………………….
4 Because the Sumatran tigers almost extinct, the Indonesian
government declared them as endangered species
Cause- ………..
Effect- ……………

5 Animals are becoming extinct because humans are moving

into their habitats.
Cause - ………….
Effect-……………..

6 All people are expected to do social distancing because of

covid -19 pandemic
Cause-……………
Effect-……………….
Pelajari materinya
dan kerjakan tugas
pada task 1 dan 2
Kirimkan tugas
anda paling lambat
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