Chapter 3

Casual Analysis Review Sheet

(1) Join each pair of sentences/phrases using the causal analysis word provided in parenthesis

1- The ice in the North and the South Poles is very important to life on Earth.

Global warming is a very serious environmental problem.

(as a result)

2- Mike didn’t have enough money to buy the car he wanted.

Mike had to borrow money from his uncle.

(as)

3- Driving fast and ignoring the rules

Many dangerous road accidents

(result from)

Answers:

1- Global warming is a very serious environmental problem. As a result, the ice in the North

and the South Poles is very important to life on Earth.

2- Mike had to borrow money from his uncle as he didn’t have enough money to buy

the car he wanted.

3- Many dangerous road accidents result from driving fast and ignoring the rules.

(2) Rewrite the following sentences using the word in parentheses.

1- Because electrons have a negative charge, they are attracted to the positively charged nucleus of the

atom. (so)

2- Trees are very important since they take carbon dioxide CO2 from the air and give oxygen O2. (thus)

4- Flu and cold are caused by a virus. (result in)

5- There is a lot of traffic in London. Therefore, people go to work by bus or train. (since)

6 - Plastic and rubber are used as insulators since they resist the flow of electricity. (consequently)

6- Great climatic changes may have brought about the extinction of the dinosaurs. (result from)

Answers:

1- Electrons have a negative charge. So, they are attracted to the positively charged

nucleus of the atom.

2- Trees take carbon dioxide CO2 from the air and give oxygen O2. Thus, they are very important.

3- A virus results in cold and flu.

4- Since there is a lot of traffic in London, people go to work by bus or train.

5- Plastic and rubber resist the flow of electricity. Consequently, they are used as insulators.

6- The extinction of dinosaurs may have resulted from great climatic changes.