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Lesson9:Task2– CauseandEffect

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Important!• Writedownyouranswertothequestiononthenextpageand

sendittoyourteacherBEFOREthelesson.

• YoushouldsendtheanswertoyourteacherusingtheSkimaTalk Message feature(250-300words).

Homework

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Exercise1:Task2– CauseandEffect

• Climatechangehasbecomeoneofthemostpressing issuesthatfaceshumanity.• Whatarethecausesofclimatechangeandwhatproblems areexpectedtoariseifit

remainsunchecked?

REMEMBER:Underlinekeywordsinthequestion tohelpyouidentifywhichcausesandeffectstheexaminerwishesyoutodiscuss.Someproblems, suchasclimatechange,areverycomplexandcannotbeentirelycoveredin250words, soyoumustbeselective.

Writeatleast250words.

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TipstoAnswer:Structure

Paragraph1:Startbyintroducingthetopic– paraphrasethequestionandelaborateonit’smeaning.

Paragraph2and3:Usethefirstparagraphtodescribethecausesoftheproblemgiveninthequestion(inthiscaseitisclimatechange).Then,usethesubsequentparagraphtodescribetheeffectsoftheproblem.

Paragraph4:Finally,summarise thesubjectmatterandmakeapredictionorrecommendation;willtheeffectsgetbetterorworseinthefuture?Whatcanbedonetocombattheproblem?

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TipstoAnswer:Vocabulary

REMEMBER:Somecauseswillhavemoresignificanteffectsthanothers,trytoreflectthisinyourvocabulary.

UsefulPhrases Example

Toresult in… Climatechangehasresultedinan increaseinglobaltemperatures.

Tolead to… This changehasledtoariseinsealevels.

A varietyofnegativeeffects…

Climatechangehas hadavarietyofnegativeeffectsonhumanity.

Tocontribute… Rising sealevelshavecontributed toagreaternumberofflooding incidents inmanypartsof theworld.

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