Cause and Effect Essays
A. Complete the sentences by using Causal
Conjunction Because or Because of!
1. …. the cold weather, we stayed home.
2. …… his hard work, he is now a very successful businessman.
3. ……. his lack of courage, Nathan didn’t participate in the
competition.
4. ……. my car was stolen, I will have to rent a car for the next few
days.
5. ……. the change in the weather, we have decided not to go to the
parade.
6. ……. the lights don’t work, you’ll need a flashlight when you go
down into the basement.
7. …….I lost mine, I am going to ask my friend if I can borrow his
calculator for the tomorrows exam.
8. …….its facilities serve the public very well, this hotel is highly
rated.
9. …..her sickness, She didn’t go to the supermarket
10. All the flights were cancelled …….the harsh weather conditions.
11. Diane missed her flight ……. a traffic delay on her way to the
airport.
12. Gareth could pass the examination …… he studied hard.
13. He can’t walk ……. arthritis.
14. He can’t drive …….. his illness
15. He couldn’t run ……. his old age.
16. He crashed his car …….. he was driving too fast
17. He found working in Japan very difficult ……… the language
problem
18. He got an accident yesterday ……. he drove his car too fast.
19. He lost his driving licence ……… he was convicted of drinking
and driving
20. He met with an accident ……. he was driving too fast.
B. Underline the cause and highlight its effect in each
of the following sentences.
[Link] the dog bit her, we had to take her to thehospital.
[Link] computer stopped working due to a virus.
[Link] police arrested him because he committed a crime.
[Link] set fire to the curtain first before the whole house burnt
down.
[Link] she gets accepted to university, she will become a doctor.
[Link] she finds a replacement, she will be fired.
[Link] to the lack of customers, the restaurant closed down
this week.
[Link] she is scared of clowns, she never goes to the circus.
[Link] passed his first year at university; as a result, his
parents bought him a car.
[Link] is lazy, therefore she has failed all of her subjects.
C. Complete the sentence by filling in a cause or an
effect as required. Circle what was needed to complete
each sentence: cause or effect.
[Link] did not go to school because
_________________________________________________
________________________.cause/effect
[Link] to
________________________________________________,
Jason was late for work [Link]/effect
[Link] Zinzi bought all the chocolate in the shop, Sarah
________________ __________________________.
cause/effect
[Link]
_________________________________________________
__, there won’t be enough space in the car. cause/effect
[Link] works late every Friday so that
_________________________________________________
___.cause/effect
[Link] Jamie’s parents found out about the party he hosted
without their permission,
_________________________________________________
____________________________.cause/effect
[Link] to
_________________________________________________
, the tickets were all sold [Link]/effect
[Link] view of Mandisa’s fear of heights,
_________________________________________________
________.cause/effect
[Link] a result of Thabo’s silence,
_________________________________________________
_____________________________.cause/effect
[Link] shouted at Mark first
_________________________________________________
__________________________________.cause/effect
D. Read through the following passage, underlining causes
and highlighting effects.
I woke up late this morning because my alarm clock did not
ring. As a result, I had to rush to get ready for school and I
made a huge mess all over the house. I missed the bus
becauseI had to go back home to fetch my cellphone.
Consequently, I was late for school, and my lecturer was not
pleased with me at all. Due to the fact thatmy day had been
going so badly, I was in a bad mood and I shouted at my
friends. SinceI was in such a bad mood, they didn’t want to
hang out with me and they left. After they left, my day only got
worse. In view ofall that happened today, I’ve decidedthat I
need two alarm clocks instead of one, to make sure I wake up
on time in the mornings.
Now, tabulate your causes and the related effects using a
table similar to the one below:
EXAMPLE FOR NO. 1
cause effect
1. My alarm clock didn’t I woke up late
ring.
2.
3.
4.
5.
