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Chapter 1. Cause & Effect

The document discusses a conversation between Ray and Jane about smoking. Ray is doing a presentation on smoking for science class and tells Jane about some of the negative health effects of smoking, such as weakening the lungs and increasing risks of heart attacks and strokes. Ray believes smoking should be banned to educate people about its dangers.

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Chapter 1. Cause & Effect

The document discusses a conversation between Ray and Jane about smoking. Ray is doing a presentation on smoking for science class and tells Jane about some of the negative health effects of smoking, such as weakening the lungs and increasing risks of heart attacks and strokes. Ray believes smoking should be banned to educate people about its dangers.

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Keisya Siahaya
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Cause and Effect

Chapter 1
Agenda Style
01 Pre - Activity

02 Building Blocks

03 Let’s Practice

04 Formative
Assessment
Pre- activity
With a partner, read the conversation given below:

Ray : Hi Ray! What are you doing?


Jane : Hey Jane I am reading an article on smoking.
Jane : Smoking. Why?
Ray : For presentation in Science class.
Jane : So tell me what you learnt about smoking.
Ray : Did you know that smoking is one of the main causes of sickness in smokers?
For examples:
1. Smoking weakens the lungs due to which there is a build up of poisonous substance.
2. Smoking causes heart attack, strokes, ulcers.
Jane : Really? It sounds scary.
Ray : It is! If we do not educate people about effects of smoking, there will be a lot of people
suffering from these diseases.
Jane : You are right. We have to do it.

What do you think is happening in the-above conversation?


Do you think smoking is dangerous?
Do you think it should be banned?
Building
Blocks
Simple PowerPoint
Presentation
 To find a cause, ask, why did this
happen?
To find an effect, ask, what happen?

   Example:
   It rained, so I get wet.
Your Text Here
You can simply impress your audience and add a unique zing
and appeal to your Presentations. I hope and I believe that
this Template will your Time, Money and Reputation. You can
simply impress your audience and add a unique zing and
appeal to your Presentations.
Signal Words Signal words

When we talk about cause, we use the When we talk about an effect resulting
following signal words: from a certain cause, we use the following
signal words:

Because As a result
The reason for Then
On account of Hence
Bring about For this reason
Give rise to Therefore
Created by Outcome
Contributed to So
Led to Consequently
Due to Finally
For this reason In order to
Unless
Some examples of Cause and Effect relationships
Sentence Cause and Effect Relationship

Sumatran tigers are almost extinct Cause: People killed too many of them
because people killed too many of them. Effect: Sumatran tigers are almost extinct

Haze is caused by massive forest burning. Cause: Massive forest burning


Effect: Haze

Since they are in love, they forgive each Cause: They are in love
other mistakes Effect: They forgive each other mistakes

Early man learnt to grow food, and as a Cause: Early man learnt to grow food
result, their lives became easier. Effect: Their lives became easier
Let’s talk a look at the sentence structure of cause and
effect.

a. Due to, because of, owing to, and thanks so are followed by a noun

Due to
Because of
+ Noun
Owing to
Thanks so

b. Because, since, as, for are followed by a verb.


Because
Since
As Subject + verb
For
As a result of
Examples:
1. Owing to her hard work and intelligence, we won the trophy.
2. Thanks to Siti and John’s effective planning, the event went well.
3. Because of his hard work, he managed to get the best student award.
4. I have a stomachache because I ate to much food.
5. There was a lot of homework and test, as a result most of the students were unhappy
and couldn’t go anywhere during the weekend.
Thank you
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