Cause and effect interactive worksheet for 4 - Free Printable

Explanation:
We need to match each cause (left column) with its correct effect (right column) using logic and real-life understanding.

Let’s go row by row:

1. Steaming glass of milk (left, top)
→ This shows hot milk (steam = heat). What could be a likely effect?
Looking at the right side:
- A+ report card? Not directly related.
- Girl with umbrella? No — that’s for rain.
- Girl yawning? Maybe tiredness, but not from hot milk.
- Girl sleeping? Possibly after warm milk helps sleep — yes! Warm milk is often given before bed to help sleep.
So: steaming milk → sleeping child (bottom right).

2. Boy eating lots of sweets/cakes (left, second row)
→ Eating too much sugar can cause a stomach ache or feeling unwell — but none of the effects show that directly.
Let’s check options again:
- A+ report card? No.
- Umbrella? No.
- Yawning? Not really.
Wait — maybe we missed something. Let’s hold this and look at others.

3. Girl studying at desk with flowers (left, third row)
→ Studying hard often leads to good grades.
Right side: girl holding A+ report card — that matches!
So: studying → A+ report card (top right).

4. Stormy cloud with lightning and rain (left, bottom)
→ Rain and storm → need an umbrella!
Right side: girl holding green umbrella — perfect match.
So: storm → umbrella (middle right, yellow border).

Now remaining left causes:
- Steaming milk
- Boy eating sweets
- Girl studying → already matched
- Storm → already matched

Remaining right effects:
- A+ report card → matched
- Umbrella → matched
- Yawning girl
- Sleeping girl

We matched sleeping girl with steaming milk (common association: warm milk helps sleep). That leaves:
- Boy eating sweets → what’s left? Yawning? Not quite.
Wait — maybe the yawning girl is sick or tired *after* eating too much? But yawning is more about tiredness or boredom.

Let’s reconsider:
Is there a better match?

Look again carefully:

Left column (causes):
1. Hot milk (steam)
2. Boy eating many sweets
3. Girl studying
4. Storm (rain + lightning)

Right column (effects):
A. A+ report card
B. Girl with umbrella
C. Girl yawning
D. Girl sleeping

Standard cause-effect pairs for kids:
- Studying hard → good grade (A+) ✔
- Rain/storm → use umbrella ✔
- Warm milk before bed → helps sleep ✔
- Eating too many sweets → might get a stomach ache… but no such picture.
However, sometimes overeating sweets makes you feel sleepy or sluggish — but yawning is closer to tiredness.

But wait — in many children’s worksheets, the classic match is:
- Eating too much candy/sweets → feeling sick or having a tummy ache, but since that’s not shown, maybe the yawning is used to represent “feeling unwell” or “overfull”.

Alternatively… could the yawning girl be due to *being tired from studying*? But we already matched studying to A+.

Let’s double-check visual clues (even though we shouldn’t describe image, we can infer common associations):

In typical educational matching exercises like this:
- Hot milk → sleeping
- Storm → umbrella
- Studying → A+ report card
- Eating sweets → yawning (as in “I’m so full I can’t even stay awake!”) — this is a playful, kid-friendly link.

Yes, that’s the intended pairing.

So final matches:
- Steaming milk → sleeping girl
- Boy eating sweets → yawning girl
- Girl studying → A+ report card
- Storm → umbrella

That uses all 4 pairs with no repeats.

Final Answer:
Hot milk → sleeping child
Eating sweets → yawning child
Studying → A+ report card
Storm → umbrella