Expressing cause and consequence — understand and recognise

Expressing cause and consequence: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: connecteurs-logiques-produirePass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will identify and explain “Expressing cause and consequence” in new examples.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Expressing cause and consequence — understand and recognise” as sentences you could genuinely hear or use. What links the ideas?

3. Understand

Cause answers “why?”; consequence answers “what happens because of that?”. Identify the logical relationship before choosing parce que, puisque, donc or c’est pourquoi.

Je reste à la maison parce que je suis malade.Il y a eu un accident, donc la route est fermée.Comme il était tard, nous avons pris un taxi.Elle a beaucoup travaillé ; c’est pourquoi elle a réussi.Puisqu’il connaît le dossier, demande-lui son avis.Le chauffage est en panne, alors il fait froid.

Watch out

First identify the relation between the ideas: cause, consequence, contrast, condition, time… Choose the connector from the meaning, not the other way around.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Write three personal sentences where the target structure genuinely helps express your meaning. Change the context each time.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

For relation entre propositions, identify the context first, then the form carrying the useful information. Always check your answer in a complete sentence.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Expressing cause and consequence” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.