Cause and Effect | Bahasa Inggris SMA Kelas XI K13

1st meeting

With a partner, read the conversation given below:

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

1. Discuss with your partner.

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

3. Do you think smoking is dangerous?

4. Do you think it should be banned?

*To find a cause, ask, why did this happen? *To find an effect, ask, what happen?    Example:    It rained, so I get wet. *To find a cause, ask, why did this happen? *To find an effect, ask, what happen?    Example:    It rained, so I get wet. Signal words When we talk about cause, we use the following signal words: Signal words When we talk about effect resulting 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

Sentence	Cause and Effect Relationship
Sumatran tigers are almost extinct because people killed too many of them.	Cause: 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 other mistakes	Cause: They are in love Effect: They forgive each other mistakes
Early man learnt to grow food, and as a result, their lives became easier.	Cause: Early man learnt to grow food Effect: Their lives became easier

    Let’s talk a look at the sentence structure of cause and effect.

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

Due to	Noun
Because of
Owing to
Thanks so

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

Due to	Subject + verb
Because of
Owing to
Thanks so

Examples:

Owing to her hard work and intelligence, we won the trophy.

Thanks to Siti and John’s effective planning, the event went well.

Because of his hard work, he managed to get the best student award.

I have a stomachache because I ate to much food.

There was a lot of homework and test, as a result most of the students were unhappy and couldn’t go anywere during the weekend.

2nd meeting

Project 1

3rd meeting

Project 2

4th meeting

Project 3

5th meeting

Formative Assessment