19. Make Predictions, Inferences, Cause & Effect

At the end of this language function, students will be able to...

• State cause and effect of an event
• Make predictions about a topic
• Make inferences about a situation

Sample Language Patterns:

• The ____(noun) was ___ so/that’s why ___.
• I ___ because I ___
• It wasn’t ___ today, so I ___.
• I didn’t ___ because I was/wasn’t ___.
• I was ___ and I couldn’t/could ___ so I ___.
• I ___ because I was ___ and couldn’t ___.
• The ____ (noun) was so ___
• I didn’t want to ___.
• I am ___ so I’m going to get ___.
• I am going to ___ because ___.
• ___ will probably ___.

• ___ (noun) ___ (reflexive verb) ___ (prepositional phrase) so they …
• When the…, ___(noun)…
• (Ex: When the water starts to freeze, children skate on ponds.)
• If you do/don’t ___ the ___ won’t/don’t/will ___.
• The ___ ___(ed) because …
• The main reason ___ is because ___.
• One of the main causes of ___ is ___.
• There are several major causes of ___.
• Their ___(noun) ___(verb) because they have ___.
• They have ___ so they haven’t been ___.
• ___ will probably ___.
• It seems like ___ because ____
• ___ ____(s) when you ___.
• If ___, then ___.

• It looks like it’s going to ___ because ___.
• It looks like it will ___ because ___.
• It looks like it might ___ because ___.
• In the ___ (season), it’s going to ___, so you need to ___.
• In the ___ (season), it’s going to be ___ so you should ___.
• In the ___ (season) it’s going to be ___ so you’ll ___.
• I predict that ___.
• It’s going to ___, so ____ might ___.