Cause and Effect in Fiction
A Grade 5 ELA worksheet to help students identify cause and effect relationships in fictional texts.
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Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow, focusing on identifying the cause and effect relationships.
Passage 1: The Lost Kite
Leo was so excited to fly his new kite. He ran to the park, but as he unwound the string, a sudden gust of wind ripped the kite from his hands. It soared high into the sky and then dipped, landing in the tall branches of the oak tree. Leo tried to jump and reach it, but it was too high. He felt tears welling up in his eyes.
1. What caused the kite to rip from Leo's hands?
Leo unwound the string too fast.
A sudden gust of wind.
The kite was too old.
He ran too fast.
2. What was the effect of the kite landing in the oak tree?
Leo bought a new kite.
Leo climbed the tree.
Leo felt tears welling up in his eyes.
The wind stopped blowing.
Passage 2: The Missing Homework
Maya stayed up late finishing her science project. The next morning, she was so tired that she accidentally left her backpack at home. When she arrived at school, she realized her homework was missing. Her teacher, Mrs. Davis, was disappointed, and Maya received a zero for the assignment. This made Maya determined to be more organized.
1. Maya left her backpack at home because she was .
2. The effect of Maya leaving her backpack at home was that she .
3. Maya received a zero on her assignment, which caused her to be .
1. Describe a cause and effect relationship from Passage 2 that was not mentioned in the fill-in-the-blanks questions.