Cause and effect

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Cause and effect
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Cause/effect

• One of methods of logical organization related
  to chorological order in that the result usually
  follows the cause in time.

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Exercise (1)

• Decide if the following pairs of sentences are
  cause/effect or only chronological order.
• 1. necessarily cause effect
• 2. probably cause effect
• 3. unlikely cause effect
• 4. unrelated in terms of cause effect
• 5. only chronological order

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Exercise (2)

• 1. Mary has a vitamin C deficiency.
• Mary has a skin disease.
• 2. John cut his finger with a sharp knife.
• Johns finger bled.
• 3. The Johns family went to the movies last
  Saturday.
• The Johns children ate popcorn at the
  movies.
• 4. Peters car ran out of gas.
• Peter had to walk to the nearest gas
  station.
• 5. Peters girlfriend hit him on the head with
  her handbag.
• Peters car ran out of gas on the way to
  the beach.

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Exercise (3)

• Combine the two sentences in the previous slide
  (each pair) into one sentence which clearly
  indicates the relationship between the two
  sentences.