Download Exercise: Cause and Effect Essays and more Exercises Technical English in PDF only on Docsity! Exercise: Cause and Effect Essays (a) Underline the cause and highlight its effect in each of the following sentences. 1. After the dog bit her, we had to take her to the hospital. 2. Her computer stopped working due to a virus. 3. The police arrested him because he committed a crime. 4. She set fire to the curtain first before the whole house burnt down. 5. If she gets accepted to university, she will become a doctor. 6. Unless she finds a replacement, she will be fired. 7. Owing to the lack of customers, the restaurant closed down this week. 8. Since she is scared of clowns, she never goes to the circus. 9. He passed his first year at university; as a result, his parents bought him a car. 10. She is lazy, therefore she has failed all of her subjects. (b) Complete the sentence by filling in a cause or an effect as required. Circle what was needed to complete each sentence: cause or effect. 1. Melanie did not go to school because ______________________________ ___________________________________________. cause/effect 2. Due to ________________________________________________, Jason was late for work again. cause/effect 3. Since Zinzi bought all the chocolate in the shop, Sarah ________________ __________________________. cause/effect 4. If ___________________________________________________, there won’t be enough space in the car. cause/effect 5. Khulani works late every Friday so that _________________________ ___________________________. cause/effect 6. Since Jamie’s parents found out about the party he hosted without their permission, ___________________________________________________ __________________________. cause/effect 7. Owing to _________________________________________________, the tickets were all sold out. cause/effect 8. In view of Mandisa’s fear of heights, _______________________________ __________________________. cause/effect 9. As a result of Thabo’s silence, ____________________________________ __________________________________________. cause/effect 10. Jenny shouted at Mark first ______________________________________ _____________________________________________. cause/effect
