What's the effect?
What's the cause?
Combine using 'so'
Combine using 'because'
True or False
Multiple Meaning
Good Guesses
100
My alarm didn't go off!
What is the effect?
I slept in too late.
100
Jason got a pass from the main office.
He was late to school.
100
Cause: It rained all night.
Effect: The ground was wet in the morning.
It rained all night, so the ground was wet in the morning.
100
Cause: He ate too much candy.
Effect: He had a stomach ache.
He had a stomach ache because he ate too much candy.
100
True or false:
The cause is the event that happens first.
True
100
How is the word 'fish' different in the two sentences?
1) I like to fish.
2) I have a blue fish.
In sentence #1, 'fish' is a verb. It is an action involving a fishing rod and a pond, ocean, or lake.
In sentence #, 'fish' is a noun. It is an animal with fins and gills that lives in water.
100
What happened? How can you tell?
The girl fell off her bike and scraped her knee.
Clues: the bike is on the side, the girl and the woman are both looking at her knee, the woman's gesture looks like she is unfolding a bandaid
200
I forgot my lunch at home!
What is an effect?
I had to get the school lunch.
My parents had to drop off my lunch.
200
Kara stayed home from school.
She was sick.
It was a snow day.
200
Cause: The sun was very hot.
Effect: The ice cream melted quickly.
The sun was very hot, so the ice cream melted quickly.
200
Cause: They watered the plants every day.
Effect: The flowers grew tall and healthy.
The flowers grew tall and healthy because they watered the plants every day.
200
True or false:
If we take away the cause, the effect will still happen.
False
200
How is the word 'mine' different in these two sentences?
1) The silver mine makes a lot of money.
2) The mug is mine.
1) It's an underground area where people dig resources out of the land.
2) It shows that the mug belongs to me.
200
What happened? How can you tell?
He was playing with the ball and it hit the vase and broke it.
My clues are the baseball, the broken vase on the floor, and the boy's body language.
300
I didn't water my plant for a month.
What is the effect?
My plant died :(
300
Maria got many presents.
It was her birthday (or a holiday, or a graduation party, etc.)
300
The dog was hungry.
It barked loudly until it was fed.
The dog was hungry, so it barked loudly until it was fed.
300
The traffic light turned red.
The cars stopped at the intersection.
The cars stopped at the intersection because the traffic light turned red.
300
True or false:
Only one cause can make a result happen.
False
Many causes can add together to make something happen. For example, you might have a wonderful vacation (effect) because spent time with your family (cause) and went snorkeling (cause).
300
What are two meanings of the word 'fly'?
Move through the air (verb)
An insect with wings (noun)
300
What happened? How can you tell?
She bought a new car!
Clues: car keys, price tag on the car, big smile
400
The car drove over sharp nails.
What is the effect?
The car got a flat tire.
400
The baby woke up.
There was a loud noise.
The baby slept for a long time.
400
The playground was slippery.
The kids had to be careful when running.
The playground was slippery, so the kids had to be careful when running.
400
She practiced the piano every day.
She became really good at playing.
She became really good at playing the piano because she practiced every day.
400
True or false:
The cause always has to happen first in time.
True
400
What are two meanings of the word light?
You can light a candle (verb)
A color can be a light shade (adjective)
Something can weigh a small amount (adjective)
You can have a light, like a lamp (noun)
400
What happened? How can you tell?
The man in the car got pulled over and is getting a ticket.
Clues: the man is in a car, there is a police car in the background, the police officer uniform
500
It snowed 10 inches on Monday night!
What is the effect?
Everyone has to do a lot of shoveling.
There is a snow day on Tuesday.
500
The campfire went out.
The campers didn't add any more logs to the fire.
500
The wind was very strong.
The leaves blew off the trees.
The wind was very strong, so the leaves blew off the tree.
500
It was Pajama Day at school.
The teachers all wore onesies.
The teachers all wore onesies because it was Pajama Day at school.
500
True or false:
The cause always has to happen first in the sentence.
False
500
What are two meanings of the word 'mold'?
You can mold clay into a shape (verb)
It can be a fuzzy green food decomposer (noun)
500
What happened? How can you tell?
The car ran out of gas and he has to walk to a station to get more.
Clues: He is walking down a road that doesn't have a sidewalk. He is holding a gas can.