Cause and effect language — The Frown That Lost a Pitch
Grammar: cause and effect language
Free ESL grammar exercise on cause and effect language themed around the frown that lost a pitch. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on psychology, practising cause and effect language. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
A cluttered slide next to a nervous speaker reads as a muddled idea. Good presenters therefore use assertion-evidence slides. A truncated axis may win a nod today, but it costs trust the moment someone checks.
Grammar: Cause and Effect Language
- because + clause
- Trust fell because the axis was cut. — full clause after it
- because of + noun
- Trust fell because of the cut axis. — noun phrase after it
Sample items
- The pitch failed ______ the speaker had not rehearsed.
- Trust fell ______ the misleading chart.
- He paused, ______ the number landed harder.
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