Date: Tuesday September 23rd, 2014 Practice N Topic: Cause and Effect.ACTIVITY 1: MATCH the beginning of each sentence in Column A with the correct ending in Column B. Add any necessarywords. Look at the example.

1. Careless driving A. overheating and a lack of exercise.2. Eating too many sugary things B. can be _____________ to tiredness and distraction.3. Skin Cancer C. can and does _______________ in tooth decay.4. Heart attacks D. is to cause headaches and eye problems.5. One ____________ of using a computer all day E. being bitten by a mosquito.6. Bad posture F. is a major ____________ of chronic back pain.7. A sudden rise in temperature G. _____________ of high unemployment and a lack8. Malaria can ____________ from of recreational facilities.9. Obesity can be the ____________ of H. can be ___________ by sunbathing for long periods.10. Crimes in inner cities have increased I. is a major cause of road accidents.11. Letting children always do what they want J. can and does ___________ to behavioural problems at12. Accidents in the home home.

K. have increased as a ____________of our modernstressful lifestyle.L. can and does _______________ avalanches.

ACTIVITY 2: USE because of/ due to in order to REWRITE the matched answers in ACTIVITY 1. Look at the example.1. Careless driving is a major cause of road accidents.

Due to careless driving, there are road accidents.

Cause Effect2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.6. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.7. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.8. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.9. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.10. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.11. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.12. ____________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Teacher Martha Bocanegra