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Cause and effect in texts
3rd grade (Year 4 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: RI.3.3, RI.3.8 · England: Y3/4 Reading (explaining), KS2 SATs Reading
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Question 1
Which signal word or phrase comes just before an EFFECT (a result)?
- A. because
- B. because of
- C. therefore
- D. since
Where Does a Can Go?
You finish a fizzy drink and drop the empty can into the recycling bin. That is not the end of the can's story. It is the start of a new one.
First, a truck collects the recycling and takes it to a sorting centre. There, machines separate the materials. A giant magnet pulls out steel cans. Aluminium cans (aluminum in the US) are not magnetic, so a different machine pushes them aside.
Next, the aluminium cans are squashed into huge blocks and taken to a factory. The cans are shredded into small pieces, cleaned, and melted in a furnace. The hot liquid metal is poured into moulds and cooled into long bars.
Then the bars are rolled out into thin sheets, like dough under a rolling pin. The sheets are cut and shaped into brand-new cans, filled with drinks, and sent to the shops. A recycled can can be back on a shelf in about sixty days.
Recycling aluminium is a big help to our planet. Making a can from old cans uses about 95 percent less energy than making one from new metal dug out of the ground. Aluminium can be recycled again and again without getting worse, so the can in your hand might once have been part of hundreds of other cans.
Question 2
Read "Where Does a Can Go?". Why does recycling aluminium help the planet?
- A. It uses much less energy than making new metal.
- B. It makes cans heavier.
- C. It needs more trucks.
- D. It makes drinks taste better.
Question 3
Arctic sea ice is melting earlier each spring, so polar bears have less time to hunt seals from the ice. Why do polar bears have less time to hunt?
- A. Polar bears sleep all spring.
- B. Seals have moved to the desert.
- C. There are too many polar bears.
- D. The sea ice is melting earlier.
Where Does a Can Go?
You finish a fizzy drink and drop the empty can into the recycling bin. That is not the end of the can's story. It is the start of a new one.
First, a truck collects the recycling and takes it to a sorting centre. There, machines separate the materials. A giant magnet pulls out steel cans. Aluminium cans (aluminum in the US) are not magnetic, so a different machine pushes them aside.
Next, the aluminium cans are squashed into huge blocks and taken to a factory. The cans are shredded into small pieces, cleaned, and melted in a furnace. The hot liquid metal is poured into moulds and cooled into long bars.
Then the bars are rolled out into thin sheets, like dough under a rolling pin. The sheets are cut and shaped into brand-new cans, filled with drinks, and sent to the shops. A recycled can can be back on a shelf in about sixty days.
Recycling aluminium is a big help to our planet. Making a can from old cans uses about 95 percent less energy than making one from new metal dug out of the ground. Aluminium can be recycled again and again without getting worse, so the can in your hand might once have been part of hundreds of other cans.
Question 4
Read "Where Does a Can Go?". Why is a different machine needed for aluminium cans?
- A. Aluminium is not magnetic.
- B. Aluminium melts in the sun.
- C. Aluminium is too heavy.
- D. Aluminium cans are too small.
The Camera in the Hedge
For my birthday, Aunt Jo gave me a wildlife camera. It is small and green, and it takes a photo whenever something moves in front of it. I strapped it to the fence post at the bottom of our garden, pointing at a gap in the hedge.
The first morning, I ran outside in my pyjamas to check it. There were forty-two photos! Most of them were of leaves blowing in the wind. One was of our cat, Biscuit, looking very surprised.
But on the second night, something different appeared. At 11:14 p.m., a hedgehog shuffled out of the hedge. At 11:16 p.m., it was sniffing at the flower bed. At 11:20 p.m., it was gone.
I wanted to know where it went, so I read about hedgehogs in a library book. I learned that a hedgehog can walk more than a kilometre in one night, looking for beetles and worms. Walls and fences with no gaps can stop it from finding enough food.
Dad and I cut a small hole, about the size of a CD case, at the bottom of our fence. Our neighbour, Mr Okafor, made one in his fence too. Now the hedgehog can travel from garden to garden.
Last night, the camera caught the hedgehog again. This time, it was squeezing through our new hole, heading for Mr Okafor's garden. I think it was saying thank you.
Question 5
Read "The Camera in the Hedge". What was the effect of cutting the hole in the fence?
- A. The hedgehog could travel from garden to garden.
- B. Mr Okafor was cross.
- C. The camera stopped working.
- D. Biscuit the cat ran away.
Question 6
Read "The Camera in the Hedge". Why can walls and fences be a problem for hedgehogs?
- A. They can stop hedgehogs finding enough food.
- B. They are too cold to sleep next to.
- C. Cats hide behind them.
- D. Hedgehogs are scared of the colour green.
Question 7
Which signal word or phrase comes just before a CAUSE (a reason)?
- A. consequently
- B. therefore
- C. as a result
- D. because
Where Does a Can Go?
You finish a fizzy drink and drop the empty can into the recycling bin. That is not the end of the can's story. It is the start of a new one.
First, a truck collects the recycling and takes it to a sorting centre. There, machines separate the materials. A giant magnet pulls out steel cans. Aluminium cans (aluminum in the US) are not magnetic, so a different machine pushes them aside.
Next, the aluminium cans are squashed into huge blocks and taken to a factory. The cans are shredded into small pieces, cleaned, and melted in a furnace. The hot liquid metal is poured into moulds and cooled into long bars.
Then the bars are rolled out into thin sheets, like dough under a rolling pin. The sheets are cut and shaped into brand-new cans, filled with drinks, and sent to the shops. A recycled can can be back on a shelf in about sixty days.
Recycling aluminium is a big help to our planet. Making a can from old cans uses about 95 percent less energy than making one from new metal dug out of the ground. Aluminium can be recycled again and again without getting worse, so the can in your hand might once have been part of hundreds of other cans.
Question 8
Read "Where Does a Can Go?". Why does recycling aluminium help the planet?
- A. It makes cans heavier.
- B. It makes drinks taste better.
- C. It needs more trucks.
- D. It uses much less energy than making new metal.
Question 9
Due to a power cut, the school's computers stopped working. What was the effect of the power cut?
- A. The lights got brighter.
- B. The pupils went swimming.
- C. The school closed for a year.
- D. The computers stopped working.
Where Does a Can Go?
You finish a fizzy drink and drop the empty can into the recycling bin. That is not the end of the can's story. It is the start of a new one.
First, a truck collects the recycling and takes it to a sorting centre. There, machines separate the materials. A giant magnet pulls out steel cans. Aluminium cans (aluminum in the US) are not magnetic, so a different machine pushes them aside.
Next, the aluminium cans are squashed into huge blocks and taken to a factory. The cans are shredded into small pieces, cleaned, and melted in a furnace. The hot liquid metal is poured into moulds and cooled into long bars.
Then the bars are rolled out into thin sheets, like dough under a rolling pin. The sheets are cut and shaped into brand-new cans, filled with drinks, and sent to the shops. A recycled can can be back on a shelf in about sixty days.
Recycling aluminium is a big help to our planet. Making a can from old cans uses about 95 percent less energy than making one from new metal dug out of the ground. Aluminium can be recycled again and again without getting worse, so the can in your hand might once have been part of hundreds of other cans.
Question 10
Read "Where Does a Can Go?". Why is a different machine needed for aluminium cans?
- A. Aluminium cans are too small.
- B. Aluminium is too heavy.
- C. Aluminium melts in the sun.
- D. Aluminium is not magnetic.
The Camera in the Hedge
For my birthday, Aunt Jo gave me a wildlife camera. It is small and green, and it takes a photo whenever something moves in front of it. I strapped it to the fence post at the bottom of our garden, pointing at a gap in the hedge.
The first morning, I ran outside in my pyjamas to check it. There were forty-two photos! Most of them were of leaves blowing in the wind. One was of our cat, Biscuit, looking very surprised.
But on the second night, something different appeared. At 11:14 p.m., a hedgehog shuffled out of the hedge. At 11:16 p.m., it was sniffing at the flower bed. At 11:20 p.m., it was gone.
I wanted to know where it went, so I read about hedgehogs in a library book. I learned that a hedgehog can walk more than a kilometre in one night, looking for beetles and worms. Walls and fences with no gaps can stop it from finding enough food.
Dad and I cut a small hole, about the size of a CD case, at the bottom of our fence. Our neighbour, Mr Okafor, made one in his fence too. Now the hedgehog can travel from garden to garden.
Last night, the camera caught the hedgehog again. This time, it was squeezing through our new hole, heading for Mr Okafor's garden. I think it was saying thank you.
Question 11
Read "The Camera in the Hedge". What was the effect of cutting the hole in the fence?
- A. Biscuit the cat ran away.
- B. The camera stopped working.
- C. The hedgehog could travel from garden to garden.
- D. Mr Okafor was cross.
Question 12
Read "The Camera in the Hedge". Why can walls and fences be a problem for hedgehogs?
- A. They are too cold to sleep next to.
- B. Hedgehogs are scared of the colour green.
- C. Cats hide behind them.
- D. They can stop hedgehogs finding enough food.
Question 13
Which signal word or phrase comes just before an EFFECT (a result)?
- A. because of
- B. therefore
- C. because
- D. due to
Where Does a Can Go?
You finish a fizzy drink and drop the empty can into the recycling bin. That is not the end of the can's story. It is the start of a new one.
First, a truck collects the recycling and takes it to a sorting centre. There, machines separate the materials. A giant magnet pulls out steel cans. Aluminium cans (aluminum in the US) are not magnetic, so a different machine pushes them aside.
Next, the aluminium cans are squashed into huge blocks and taken to a factory. The cans are shredded into small pieces, cleaned, and melted in a furnace. The hot liquid metal is poured into moulds and cooled into long bars.
Then the bars are rolled out into thin sheets, like dough under a rolling pin. The sheets are cut and shaped into brand-new cans, filled with drinks, and sent to the shops. A recycled can can be back on a shelf in about sixty days.
Recycling aluminium is a big help to our planet. Making a can from old cans uses about 95 percent less energy than making one from new metal dug out of the ground. Aluminium can be recycled again and again without getting worse, so the can in your hand might once have been part of hundreds of other cans.
Question 14
Read "Where Does a Can Go?". Why does recycling aluminium help the planet?
- A. It makes cans heavier.
- B. It uses much less energy than making new metal.
- C. It needs more trucks.
- D. It makes drinks taste better.
Question 15
Our class switched off the lights at lunchtime every day. Therefore, the school used less electricity. What was the effect of switching off the lights?
- A. The lights broke.
- B. The school used less electricity.
- C. Lunch was longer.
- D. The classroom got warmer.
Where Does a Can Go?
You finish a fizzy drink and drop the empty can into the recycling bin. That is not the end of the can's story. It is the start of a new one.
First, a truck collects the recycling and takes it to a sorting centre. There, machines separate the materials. A giant magnet pulls out steel cans. Aluminium cans (aluminum in the US) are not magnetic, so a different machine pushes them aside.
Next, the aluminium cans are squashed into huge blocks and taken to a factory. The cans are shredded into small pieces, cleaned, and melted in a furnace. The hot liquid metal is poured into moulds and cooled into long bars.
Then the bars are rolled out into thin sheets, like dough under a rolling pin. The sheets are cut and shaped into brand-new cans, filled with drinks, and sent to the shops. A recycled can can be back on a shelf in about sixty days.
Recycling aluminium is a big help to our planet. Making a can from old cans uses about 95 percent less energy than making one from new metal dug out of the ground. Aluminium can be recycled again and again without getting worse, so the can in your hand might once have been part of hundreds of other cans.
Question 16
Read "Where Does a Can Go?". Why is a different machine needed for aluminium cans?
- A. Aluminium is too heavy.
- B. Aluminium cans are too small.
- C. Aluminium is not magnetic.
- D. Aluminium melts in the sun.
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