Cause and Effect in Fiction
A Grade 2 ELA worksheet to help students identify cause and effect relationships in fictional stories.
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Cause and Effect in Fiction
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Read the story below. Then, answer the questions about cause and effect. Remember, the cause is WHY something happened, and the effect is WHAT happened.
Lily loved to play in her garden. One sunny morning, she saw a tiny bird hopping on the ground. Its wing looked hurt. Lily felt sad. She carefully picked up the bird and took it inside. She put it in a shoebox with a soft towel. She gave it some water and tiny crumbs of bread. Every day, Lily cared for the bird. After a week, the bird’s wing was strong again. Lily opened the shoebox in the garden, and the bird flew high into the sky. Lily smiled.
1. What was the cause for Lily feeling sad?
The bird was singing.
The bird's wing looked hurt.
Lily was playing in the garden.
It was a sunny morning.
2. What was the effect of Lily caring for the bird every day?
The bird flew away immediately.
The bird's wing became strong again.
Lily stopped playing in the garden.
The bird bit Lily's finger.
3. The bird flew high into the sky because Lily .
4. Lily put the bird in a shoebox with a soft towel, so it would .
5. What caused Lily to smile at the end of the story?
6. True or False: Lily picked up the bird because she wanted to play with it.
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