This easy worksheet gives third graders a fresh round of cause-and-effect practice with everyday situations. You will rewrite a sentence about a fish jumping out of its bowl, untangle a flipped line where the crowd cheered before the team scored, and choose signal words for a bird building a nest and milk spilling on the floor.
True-or-false questions ask whether one cause can lead to more than one effect and whether but works as a cause-and-effect signal. The variety helps you tell because, so, since, and therefore apart so you can spot the reason behind any event you read.
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Cause and Effect
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
The fish jumped out of the bowl so the lid was on tight.
Rewrite: The fish jumped out of the bowl because the lid was not on tight.
2. Fix the sentence:
He slipped on the ice because he wore boots with good grip.
Rewrite: He slipped on the ice because he wore shoes with no grip.
3. Fix the sentence:
The crowd cheered so the team scored the winning goal.
Rewrite: The team scored the winning goal so the crowd cheered.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The bird built a nest because it was time to lay its eggs.
2. The milk spilled on the floor, so Mom grabbed a towel to clean it up.
3. Since the movie was sold out, we watched a different one.
4. He left his toy outside in the rain. Therefore, the toy got rusty.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. A single cause can lead to more than one effect.
True False
2. The word but is a common cause-and-effect signal word.
True False
3. In the sentence 'He was late because he missed the bus,' missing the bus is the cause.
True False
Cause and Effect
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
The fish jumped out of the bowl so the lid was on tight.
Rewrite: The fish jumped out of the bowl because the lid was not on tight.
2) Fix the sentence:
He slipped on the ice because he wore boots with good grip.
Rewrite: He slipped on the ice because he wore shoes with no grip.
3) Fix the sentence:
The crowd cheered so the team scored the winning goal.
Rewrite: The team scored the winning goal so the crowd cheered.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The bird built a nest because it was time to lay its eggs.
2) The milk spilled on the floor, so Mom grabbed a towel to clean it up.
3) Since the movie was sold out, we watched a different one.
4) He left his toy outside in the rain. Therefore, the toy got rusty.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) A single cause can lead to more than one effect.
True
False
2) The word but is a common cause-and-effect signal word.
True
False
3) In the sentence 'He was late because he missed the bus,' missing the bus is the cause.
True
False
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