Worksheet

Cause and Effect in Texts

Grade 5 - Reading - Building Confidence

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  1. Read "Community Mural": Before painting the mural, Rosa asked elders, students, and store owners what images belonged on the wall. Some wanted historic scenes, while others wanted present-day portraits. Rosa sketched a design that placed old photographs beside current faces. Which cause led to this effect: Rosa combined old photographs with current faces?

    • there were few safe nectar stops along the sidewalk
    • bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight
    • strong winds can hit the cliff path
    • community members wanted different images

  2. What effect resulted from this cause: bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight?

    • neighbors debated repair plans
    • its temperature rose quickly
    • the cliff path may close
    • lettuce under the clear cover sprouted sooner

  3. Which sentence best states the cause-and-effect relationship in "Community Mural"?

    • community members wanted different images, so Rosa combined old photographs with current faces
    • Before painting the mural, so Community Mural
    • the text gives no cause or effect
    • Rosa combined old photographs with current faces, so community members wanted different images

  4. Which signal word could connect the cause and effect in "Library Robot"?

    • meanwhile
    • although
    • however
    • because

  5. Which evidence proves the effect "lettuce under the clear cover sprouted sooner"?

    • a chain of flower beds could turn the walk into a pollinator path
    • she paused and studied the open squares
    • accuracy mattered more than speed
    • both covers solved different problems

  6. Read "Lighthouse Trail": A coastal guide described two paths to the lighthouse. The cliff path had dramatic views but closed during strong winds, while the marsh path stayed open and showed nesting birds. The guide warned hikers to choose the route that matched the day's conditions. Which cause led to this effect: the cliff path may close?

    • the clear plastic trapped warmth around the soil
    • bare rock absorbed afternoon sunlight
    • strong winds can hit the cliff path
    • the old footbridge closed

  7. What effect resulted from this cause: strong winds can hit the cliff path?

    • biographies were placed with fiction
    • its temperature rose quickly
    • the cliff path may close
    • lettuce under the clear cover sprouted sooner

  8. Which sentence best states the cause-and-effect relationship in "River Bridge"?

    • the old footbridge closed, so neighbors debated repair plans
    • neighbors debated repair plans, so the old footbridge closed
    • the text gives no cause or effect
    • Malik interviewed neighbors, so River Bridge

  9. Which signal word could connect the cause and effect in "Weather Station"?

    • although
    • however
    • because
    • meanwhile

  10. Which evidence proves the effect "biographies were placed with fiction"?

    • a chain of flower beds could turn the walk into a pollinator path
    • surface type affects how fast a place warms
    • accuracy mattered more than speed
    • both covers solved different problems
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