Cause and Effect Essays

ENGL 102
 Causes (the
rain)
Effect
(cancelation of
the game)

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• It was raining. I couldn’t play tennis.
• CAUSE EFFECT

• Because =>
• Because it was raining, I couldn’t play tennis. Because SVO, SVO.
• I couldn’t play tennis because it was raining. SVO because SVO.

• Since
• Since it was raining, I couldn’t play tennis. Since SVO, SVO.
• I couldn’t play tennis since it was raining. SVO since SVO.
It was raining. I couldn’t play tennis.
CAUSE EFFECT
SVO (cause). Therefore, SVO (effect)
• It was raining. Therefore, I could not play tennis. SVO (cause); therefore, SVO (effect)

• It was raining; therefore, I could not play tennis. SVO (cause) . Thus, SVO (effect).
SVO (cause); thus, , SVO (effect)

SVO (cause) , so SVO (effect)

• It was raining. Thus, I could not play tennis.
• It was raining; thus, I could not play tennis. SVO (cause). For this reason, SVO (effect)
SVO (cause).Consequently, SVO (effect)

• It was raining. For this reason, I could not play tennis.

•
• It was raining. Consequently, I could not play tennis.
It was raining. I couldn’t play tennis.
CAUSE EFFECT

• Because of

• Because of the rain, I couldn’t play tennis.

• As a result of the rain, I couldn’t play tennis.
• Due to the rain, I couldn’t play tennis.

• Due to
• As a result of + noun/ n. phrase, S + V + (O).
• Because of
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• SAYED ALI :
• Because of the fire, many buildings have been damaged.
• Due to the fire, many buildings have been destroyed.

• AHMED ABDULFATAH:
• Because of the fire, many buildings face damage and destruction.
• As a result of fire, buildings get destroyed and damaged.

• Due to the fire, many buildings face damage and destruction.

• HUSAIN ALI
• Due to stray fireworks, a fire broke out in a building.
• Because the fire broke out, the firefighters rushed to come.

• RAHAF MOHAMED JIBRIL SALEM 202100440

• 1. due to the fire, many buildings faced damage and
destruction
• 2. As a result of the fire, many buildings were damaged
• 3. Many buildings have been damaged because of the fire
• Past tense/Sheikh Salman Highway
• AHMED ABDULFATAH
• It was raining heavily; therefore, Sheikh Salman Highway got flooded.
It was raining heavily in Bahrain. Consequently, many accidents happened in Sheikh
Salman Highway.
• As a consequence of the heavy rain, Shaikh Salman Highway got flooded and many accidents
occurred.
• SAYED ALI ABDULLA
• As a consequence of the heavy rain, The highway was flooded completely.
• The rain was very heavy last night; therefore, many accidents happened on the highway.
• The rain was heavy yesterday. Consequently, The cars got stuck on the highway.
• RAHAF MOHAMED
• 1. It rained heavily; therefore, many accidents happened on the highway.
• 2. It was raining and flooding. Consequently, there were many car accidents.
• 3. As a consequence of the rain, the highway was flooded which caused many accidents.
• MOHAMED SHAWQI
• It was heavily raining. Therefore, the cars slipped
• There was heavy rain. Consequently, the highway was flooded.
HUSAIN ALI MOHAMED There was heavy rain in Bahrain; therefore, a flood occurred on Sheikh
Salman highway.
A flood occurred on Sheikh Salman highway. Consequently, the cars sank. Got stuck in the water.
As a consequence of a lot of damage to the cars on the Sheikh Salman highway, the government
decided to compensate the damage to theme
 n/ n. phr
Ving (gerund) noun

The Pattern
of the Thesis
Statement in S + V + (O)

Cause-and-
Effect Essay
Subject
n/ n. phr Object
Ving (gerund) n/ n. phr
noun

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Write thesis statements
for the following topics
RAHAF: There are several main reasons why the unemployment
rate is increasing; lack of education, the spread of the
coronavirus, and many more.

1) The effects of unemployment ZUHRA Z.

Covid-19 had several important effects on human health which
2) The effects of COVID-19 are hair falls, voice changes, and laziness.
3) The reasons for eating a healthy
breakfast SAYED: There are several effects of eating a healthy breakfast;
having a healthy body, losing weight, and becoming more
4) The cause of obesity in children
energetic.

AHMED ABDULFATAH: There are several main reasons why

eating a healthy breakfast is an important thing to do, including
the many biological benefits on the body.