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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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Sea Turtles: Cause & Effect (1)

A middle years reading passage about sea turtles. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table provided.
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Volcanoes: Cause & Effect

Read the passage about volcanoes. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.
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Pitcher Plant: Cause & Effect

Read the passage about pitcher plants. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.
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Ivory: Cause & Effect

Read the passage about ivory. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.
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Elephants: Cause & Effect

Read the passage about African Elephants. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.
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Deserts: Cause & Effect

Read the passage about deserts. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.
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Cities: Cause & Effect

Read the passage about cities. Show the cause and effect relationships in the table.
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Cause & Effect Chain Graphic Organiser

This graphic organiser helps represent and explain a cause and effect chain (a series of events that are a result of one another).
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Cause & Effect Word Search

Find the cause and effect signal words! A fun way to reinforce the concept of cause and effect.
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Cause & Effect Graphic Organiser

This graphic organiser helps represent cause and effect relationships. Effect: what happened? Cause: What made it happen?
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Cause & Effect: Match (1)

Cut and paste to match up each cause and effect (early years).
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Cause & Effect: Match (2)

Cut and paste to match up each cause and effect (middle years).

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Gold Rush Cause & Effect (Middle)

<p>(Middle Years) Read about the Gold Rush and identify cause and effect relationships to complete the cause and effect table.</p>
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Main Idea: No Play

<p>Read the text. Work out the main idea and the supporting details.</p>
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Leo the Lion: Cause & Effect

<p>Read a short passage about Leo the Lion. Identify the cause and effect relationships.</p>
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Compare & Contrast Card Set

<p>A set of 16 compare and contrast cards. List similarities and differences between the objects or actions.</p>
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Theme Park Advertisement: Fact & Opinion

Read an advertisement for a theme park and identify the facts and the opinions.
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Industrial Revolution Impacts Cause & Effect

<p>Find the cause and effect events in the text explaining the impacts of the Industrial Revolution.</p>
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Making Connections: Waterpark (Middle)

<p>For the middle years. Students read the passage of text and write down connections they can make.</p>