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Browse our collection of cause and effect worksheets aimed at helping teach this important reading comprehension strategy. Identifying cause and effect helps students to understand what happens and why it happens. Signal words can help identify cause and effect relationships. Improve comprehension and understanding with these worksheets aimed at supporting a reader’s ability to identify cause and effect relationships. Find more resources at Cause and Effect (Grammar).

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Beach Trip: Cause & Effect

Read a short passage about a trip to the beach. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.

Pat’s Birthday Trip: Cause & Effect Match

Read a short passage about Pat’s birthday. Cut and paste to show the cause and effect relationships.

Pat’s Birthday: Cause & Effect

Read a short passage about Pat’s birthday. Cut and paste to show the cause and effect relationships.

What & Why: Cause & Effect Organiser

Show ‘what happened’ and ‘why it happened’ with this graphic organiser.

Simple Cause & Effect Organiser

Show cause and effect relationships using this graphic organiser.

Cause & Effect Find (2)

Read the sentences and find the cause and the effect.

Cause & Effect Find (1)

Read the sentences and find the cause and the effect.

Cause or Effect?

Read the sentences and work out whether the cause or the effect has been underlined.

Cause & Effect Picture Match (2)

Cut and paste the pictures to show cause and effect relationships.

Cause & Effect Picture Match (1)

Cut and paste the pictures to show cause and effect relationships.

Cause & Effect Poster

A poster explaining cause and effect.

Industrial Revolution Impacts Cause & Effect

Find the cause and effect events in the text explaining the impacts of the Industrial Revolution.