Cause & Effect Language — No Room at the Top
Grammar: Cause and effect language
Free ESL grammar exercise on cause & effect language themed around no room at the top. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on society, practising cause and effect language. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Wages have grown by 27% since 2012, but residential property prices rose by 75% over the same period. As a result, many young workers have been priced out.
Grammar: Cause and Effect Language
- lead to / result in
- Use lead to or result in + noun: High rents led to record homelessness. Both verbs show one event producing another.
- due to / owing to
- Use before a noun phrase: Due to rising costs, many families moved away. More formal than 'because of' — common in reports.
Sample items
- The government sold council housing on a large scale, ______ a severe shortage of affordable homes.
- ______ the high cost of renting, many young people cannot save for a deposit.
- Investment funds bought most new homes; ______, prices rose even further.
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