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Grade 7 · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 13

Patterns & Features

Cause and effect, bibliographies

What your child practises

Spotting causes and effects, using signal words, and explaining why features like a bibliography, index or clear fonts help readers.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: C1.3 · cause and effect in expository text, and features such as a bibliography and accessible fonts

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why did the library choose a plain font?

    Reading Made Easier

    The library redesigned its posters. It chose a large, plain font and dark text on a light background. Headings are bold, and short lines are left-aligned.

    Since the change, more readers, including people with dyslexia and low vision, say the posters are easy to read.

    • to look old-fashioned
    • to save ink
    • to make the posters easier to read
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    to make the posters easier to read

    Hint: The passage says readers find them easier.

  2. Question 2

    Which word often signals an effect?

    • in contrast
    • for example
    • as a result
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    as a result

    Hint: As a result tells what happened because of something.

  3. Question 3

    What is the cause of students making careless errors?

    Less Sleep, Lower Scores

    A school survey found that students who slept fewer than seven hours had more trouble paying attention. Because they were tired, many missed instructions and made careless errors.

    Therefore, the council suggests a later start time. Sources for this report are listed in the bibliography below.

    • a later start time
    • the survey
    • being tired
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    being tired

    Hint: Because they were tired, many made careless errors.

  4. Question 4

    What pattern does the first paragraph use?

    Less Sleep, Lower Scores

    A school survey found that students who slept fewer than seven hours had more trouble paying attention. Because they were tired, many missed instructions and made careless errors.

    Therefore, the council suggests a later start time. Sources for this report are listed in the bibliography below.

    • compare and contrast
    • sequence
    • cause and effect
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    cause and effect

    Hint: Tiredness causes errors.

  5. Question 5

    What effect did the redesign have?

    Reading Made Easier

    The library redesigned its posters. It chose a large, plain font and dark text on a light background. Headings are bold, and short lines are left-aligned.

    Since the change, more readers, including people with dyslexia and low vision, say the posters are easy to read.

    • The library closed.
    • More readers find the posters easy to read.
    • The posters were removed.
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    More readers find the posters easy to read.

    Hint: Look at the second paragraph.

  6. Question 6

    Why might a text use a large, simple, clear font?

    • to make it look old
    • to hide the meaning
    • so more people can read it easily
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    so more people can read it easily

    Hint: Accessible fonts help readers, including those who find reading hard.

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