CAUSE AND EFFECT    -   Sentence Patterns


Causes and effects connect events or situations.
Causes explain why something happens. Effects describe outcomes / results.


The atmosphere   causes
                            produces

induces      weathering.


Repeated expanding and contracting of a rock results in   physical weathering.





If we ask: “How is an effect produced?” or “What is it caused by?” ,
we expect the answer beginning  with the effect.


Physical weathering is also     caused
                                               produced             by   frozen water.
                                               induced


I could not teach last week     because of
                                               due to                  my illness.
 My absence was                    a result of



You can also express this by two clauses:

a) beginning with a cause

If/When/As   you do something, it has an effect.
As the plants grow, their roots push against the sides of the cracks.



b) beginning with an effect

Something happens, if/when/as you do certain things.

Pieces of rocks finally break off when the surface of the rock weakens.


You´ll catch a cold, if you don´t wear a cap!  (mum´s warning)