Cause & Effect Question Bank — 8 Passages, 48 Questions

Cause-and-effect is one of the trickiest comprehension skills to teach, and it helps to have fresh passages that don't repeat the same worn-out examples. This 10-page question bank pairs 8 original short passages with 48 questions built for Grades 2-4. Each passage is a brand-new 4-6 sentence story or nonfiction piece — a spilled paint tray, a flat bike tire, a thunderstorm at the beach, a forgotten lunch, a broken sprinkler, a science-fair volcano, a power outage, and a growing plant — followed by six questions that ask what caused an event, what happened because of an event, and how to match a cause to its effect. Use one passage a day for reading-group rotations, a cause-and-effect skill drill, or homework practice, and let the full answer key make marking a two-minute job. Every answer is unambiguous and traceable straight back to the passage, so kids build real confidence spotting causal chains in text. Print-ready PDF in both US Letter and A4.