Function: Expressing Cause and Effect   

Key Words:  Because/since/as

Expressing Cause and Effect: Since I won’t graduate until June, I hope to find a job in advertising sometime next summer.

Read the following causes and determine what the effects might be.

Staying up all night.  Effect:  ____________________________________________________

Forgot your book for class.  Effect:  ____________________________________________

Ran out of gas in your car.  Effect:  _____________________________________________

Your cell phone battery died.  Effect:  __________________________________________

Your computer crashed.  Effect:  _______________________________________________

It’s freezing cold outside.  Effect:  ______________________________________________

Your flight was over-booked.   Effect:  _________________________________________

You arrived late to work.  Effect:  ______________________________________________

You caught the flu.  Effect:  ______________________________________________________

 Your refrigerator stopped working.  Effect:  __________________________________

Finish the sentences according to the prompts given.

1. While in university, I was interested in ___________________________; therefore, I chose to study ______________________________________________________________________.

2. During my school years I never really liked _________________________, so I _______________________________________________________________________.

3. Since rainy days make me feel ____________________, I often ____________________

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4. As cooking is _____________________ in our culture, we ___________________________

________________________________________________________________________.

5. I find visiting museums __________________________, so ___________________________

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6. Sports to me are ____________________________; therefore, ________________________

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7. Since my free time is _______________________, I normally ________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

8. Painting is something I ________________________________, with this in mind, _________

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9. My hometown has ___________________________________, so I would recommend

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10. I’ve always loved ____________________ music, so ________________________________

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