Ways of linking cause and effect

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
ELT Concourse home
The car wouldn't start. As a result, I had to take the bus.
I kept it in the cellar to avoid it getting too hot
She put a cover over it and that kept it dry
Owing to his incompetence, the work had to be re-done
The argument led to a breach of contract
Since I had left my coat in the car I got drenched
The upshot of all the arguments was that we abandoned the project
I couldn't leave for the speaker was about to start
coordination (intended consequence)
subject noun
result verb
noun-phrase introduction
coordination (natural consequence)
conjunct
subordination (natural consequence)
subordination (intended consequence)