CAUSE AND EFFECT

A CAUSE TELLS WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED. AN EFFECT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
WORDS SUCH AS BECAUSE AND SO ARE CLUES THAT SHOW CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS.
SOMETIMES,HOWEVER,CLUE WORDS ARE NOT USED.

DIRECTIONS-READ THE STORY.THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW.

When Mother Duck's last egg finally hatched, she was amazed. This duckling was big and clumsy. His neck was much too long and he honked instead of quacking. The other ducklings would not play with him because he looked and sounded so different from them. They made fun of him and called him ugly, so he usually swam by himself.
Then, one day, the ugly duckling came upon a flock of large birds with long necks and beautiful black feather, just like his. They honked at him, so he honked back. Come swim with us! They called to him. Then the ugly duckling was happy because he found friend who looked and sounded like he did.

1-TELL WHY THE MOTHER DUCK IS AMAZED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY.USE THE WORD BECAUSE IN A SENTENCE.

MY SON WRITE-THE MOTHER DUCK WAS AMAZED BECAUSE THE DUCKLING WAS BIG AND CLUMSY.

2-WHY DO THE OTHER DUCKLING CALL HIM UGLY?

MY SON WRITE-THEY CALLED HIM UGLY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LOOK OR SOUND LIKE ONE OF THE DUCKLINGS.

3-TELL THE CAUSE AND EFFECT IN THIS SENTENCE: THE UGLY DUCKLING SWAM BY HIMSELF BECAUSE THE OTHER DUCKLING MADE FUN OF HIM.

MY SON WRITE-CAUSE-THE OTHER DUCKLINGS MADE FUN OF HIM.
EFFECT- THE UGLY DUCKLING SWAM BY HIMSELF.

4-AT THE END OF THE STORY,WHY IS THE UGLY DUCKLING HAPPY?

MY SON WRITE-HE'S HAPPY BECAUSE HE FOUND FRIENDS WHO LOOKED AND SOUNDED LIKE HE DID.

5-UNDERLINE CLUE WORDS IN THE PASSAGE THAT SHOW CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS.

MY SON WRITE-THE UNDERLINED CLUE WORDS IN THE PASSAGE ARE SO, USUALLY, AND BECAUSE.

NOW CHECK THE MY SON IS RIGHT OR NOT THANK YOU

Yay! Everything is right -- except that "usually" is not a clue word.

thank you very much.

You're very welcome.

Based on the information provided, your son's answers are correct. Here is a summary of the correct answers:

1. The mother duck is amazed because the duckling is big and clumsy.
2. The other ducklings call him ugly because he doesn't look or sound like them.
3. The cause is that the other ducklings made fun of him and the effect is that the ugly duckling swam by himself.
4. The ugly duckling is happy because he found friends who looked and sounded like him.
5. The clue words in the passage that show cause-and-effect relationships are "because", "so", and "usually".

Great job to your son for answering the questions correctly!