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Free Year 7 Writing an Explanation: Cause and Effect, Sequence and Connectives Worksheet

Students learn how an explanation text tells readers how or why something happens. Using an original model explanation of how a rainbow forms, they identify the opening definition, the sequence of causes and effects and the concluding statement, use time and cause-and-effect connectives such as as a result, therefore and because, turn a flow chart into linked sentences, and write their own explanation of a natural or everyday process.

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Year
Year 7
Subject
English
Topic
Informative Writing
Difficulty
Level 2 · Standard
Estimated time
35 minutes
Curriculum
Australian Curriculum
Questions
14
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4), print or complete online

Students will practise

  • identifying the structure of an explanation text
  • explaining a process as a sequence of causes and effects
  • using time and cause-and-effect connectives
  • turning a flow chart into linked sentences
  • writing a clear explanation of a process

Curriculum: Australian Curriculum. We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

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How to use this worksheet

  1. Print the PDF or complete it on screen. Write the student's name and date at the top.
  2. Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
  3. Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
  4. Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.

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Who is this worksheet for?

Year 7 students (typically ages 12–13) working on informative writing. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.

Are the answers included?

Yes. The PDF includes a full answer sheet with model answers and success criteria where there is more than one good answer. You can also view the answers online.

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Success TutoringWorksheetsYear 7 · English · Informative Writing

Writing an Explanation: Cause and Effect, Sequence and Connectives

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A good explanation answers two questions at every step: what happens next, and why?

Part A: How the explanation works

An explanation has: a title (often a how or why question), an opening statement, a sequence of steps linked by cause and effect, and a concluding statement.

1.What does paragraph (1) do?
  1. AIt defines the subject and says when it happens
  2. BIt gives the writer's opinion about rainbows
  3. CIt describes the final step
  4. DIt tells a story
2.Which paragraphs explain the process step by step?
  1. A(1) only
  2. B(2), (3) and (4)
  3. C(5) only
  4. D(1) and (5)
3.What causes white light to spread out into separate bands inside a raindrop? (answer space)
4.Find two connectives in paragraph (4) that show cause and effect. (answer space)
5.Why is a definition of refraction included in paragraph (2)? (answer space)
6.What does the concluding paragraph add? (answer space)

Part B: Connectives

Fill each gap with a connective that does the job in parentheses. Use: because, Therefore, Then, As, Finally.

7.Plants need sunlight to make food. (answer space), a plant left in a dark cupboard will slowly weaken. (result)
8.Ice floats (answer space) it is less dense than liquid water. (reason)
9.Water in the ocean is heated by the sun. (answer space), it evaporates and rises into the air. (next step in time)
10. (answer space) the warm, moist air rises, it cools and forms tiny droplets. (at the same time)
11.The droplets join together and become heavier. (answer space), they fall as rain. (final step)
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