Predicting Outcome
When you read, the clues in a story can help you figure out what will happen next. This is called predicting an outcome
Often you can predict what will happen by thinking about what has just happen.
http://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/predict1postest.html

Using Context Clues

This section will help you review and strengthen your knowledge of using context clues. The exercises are grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Determine your level of knowledge and then select an exercise from the lists below

Drawing Conclusion
Read the two passages. Then write an answer to each question.
1.What can you conclude the kinds of food a butterfly eats?
The Butterfly drink from a built in straw, it's can suck up sweet nectar.
2.What can you conclude about what plants need to grow?
Greenhouse is not green it is made of glass. The glass lets in the sun's heat that help plants grow.

Drawing Conclusions
Read each passage. Then read the conclusion draw from the facts. Decide whether the conclusion is a good one based facts. If it is, write Good Conclusion on the kine. If it is not, write a conclusion that is reasonable.
1.conclusion : Venus flytrap eats only flies, caterpillar and spiders.
Venus flytrap eats flies, caterpillars and spiders.
2.Conclusion : Shell come in all shapes and size.
Good Conclusion
3.Conclusion : The little spotted kiwi faces extinction and is hence protected
The kiwi is a flightless is a bird. There are three main types of kiwi.
4.Conclusion : It is very difficult to learn origami.
Good Conclusion
5.Their jewellery is one of the records historians had to rely on for most of the ancient civilizations.
Good Conclusion  

Summarize of Cause and Effect

Hume begins by distinguishing between impressions and ideas. Impressions are sensory impressions, emotions, and other vivid mental phenomena, while ideas are thoughts or beliefs or memories related to these impressions. We build up all our ideas from simple impressions by means of three laws of association: resemblance, contiguity, and cause and effect.

Cause and Effect Linking Words

Before you go on to work on the grammar and writing exercises in this unit, read through this brief review of linking words and phrases for cause and effect.There are three main types of linking words: conjunctions, transitions, and prepositions:

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Conjunctions

The most important conjunctions are because, as, since, and so. Because, as, and since introduce a cause; so introduces an effect. These are used to join two complete sentences (or independent clauses) together. They are often used like this:

First sentence conjunction second sentence.

 I stayed at home because it was raining.
It was raining, so I stayed at home. (use a comma before so)

You can also reverse the order of the sentences with because, as, and since:

 Because it was raining, I stayed at home.

Note that this is not possible with so.

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Transitions

The most important transitions are therefore, consequently, and as a result. All of these introduce an effect. These are used to join two complete sentences (or independent clauses) together. They are often used like this:

	First sentence; transition, second sentence.
	First sentence. Transition, second sentence.

 It was raining; therefore, I stayed at home.
It was raining. Consequently, I stayed at home.

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Prepositions

The most important prepositions are due to and because of. Both of these introduce a cause in the form of a noun phrase. They are often used like this:

	Sentence due to noun phrase.
	Because of noun phrase, sentence.

 I stayed at home due to the rain.
Because of the rain, I stayed at home.

Online Exercise
http://www.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/causeeffect2.html
http://www.grammar-quizzes.com/19-2.html