Cause & Continuity

This worksheet guides students through constructing cause-and-effect chains using the past perfect continuous tense. Each prompt gives an effect, and students must write one or more sentences explaining what had been happening to cause the event. The structure helps students understand how ongoing past actions lead to later outcomes. A final section invites students to create their own cause-and-effect examples, promoting higher-level thinking. This activity blends grammar practice with reasoning and explanatory writing.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Writing Logical Cause-and-Effect Explanations

English Language Arts – Advanced Verb Tense Application

English Language Arts – Sentence Construction and Coherence

English Language Arts – Critical Thinking Through Explanation

This worksheet is part of our past perfect continuous tense worksheets collection.