Penjelasan Cause dan Effect

Sebelum masuk ke contoh cause dan effect dalam bahasa Inggris, ada baiknya kamu perlu memahami
apa sih cause and effect itu? Untuk itu, yuk kita lihat definisi dari cause dan effect berikut:

-Cause

Kata cause dalam bahasa Inggris bisa masuk ke dalam kategori noun atau pun verb. Pada noun berarti
seseorang atau sesuatu yang menyebabkan sesuatu terjadi. Pada verb berarti tindakan yang membuat
sesuatu terjadi.

Contoh:

The cause (noun) of fire was the electrical short (Penyebab terjadinya kebakaran tersebut adalah konslet
listrik)

The electrical short caused (verb) the fire. (Konslet listrik menyebabkan kebakaran)

-Effect

Sama seperti cause, effect pun bisa kita lihat dalam kalimat noun atau verb. Pada noun berarti
perubahan yang merupakan akibat dari suatu tindakan atau sebab. Sedangkan dalam verb, effect ditulis
menjadi affect yang berarti menghasil sebuah efek atau menyebabkan perubahan pada sesuatu.

Contoh:

Did the noise have an effect (noun) on your concentration? (Apakah kebisingan memiliki efek pada
konsentrasimu?)

Did the noise affect (verb) your concentration? (Apakah kebisingan mempengaruhi konsentrasimu?)

Contoh Kalimat Cause and Effect

Untuk mengungkapkan sebab dan akibat dalam bahasa Inggris, kamu bisa menggunakan kata dan frasa
tertentu yakni:

A. Jika diikuti oleh noun atau frasa noun

due to

Contoh: Due to heavy rain (cause), we can’t go to concert (effect). (Dikarenakan hujan lebat, kita tidak
bisa pergi ke konser)

because of
Contoh: He got good grade (effect) because of his study habits (cause). (Dia mendapatkan nilai yang
bagus karena kebiasaan belajarnya)

owing to

Contoh: I didn't attend the practice (effect) owing to the headache (cause). (Saya tidak datang ke latihan
karena sakit kepala)

as a consequence of

Contoh: He can’t take the exam (effect) as a consequence of cheating (cause). (Dia tidak bisa mengikuti
ujian karena menyontek)

as a result of

Contoh: As a result of illegal hunting (cause), the number of wild animals began to decrease (effect).
(Sebagai hasil dari perburuan liar, jumlah hewan liar mulai berkurang.

thanks to

Contoh: Thanks to your help (cause), we were successful (effect). (Berkat bantuan Anda, kami berhasil
sukses)

B. Jika diikuti oleh subject + verb atau frasa verb

because

Contoh: Because he was sick (cause), he did not cook well (effect). (Karena dia sedang sakit, dia tidak
bisa memasak dengan baik)

since

Contoh: The concert was canceled (effect) since it’s raining (cause) (Konsernya dibatalkan karena hujan)

as

Contoh: As it is raining again (cause), we will have to stay at home (effect). (Karena hujan lagi, kita harus
tinggal di rumah)

for

Contoh: I decided to call it a day (cause) – for I was feeling tired (effect). (Saya memutuskan untuk
mengakhiri hari, karena saya merasa lelah)

Rumus Cause and Effect Sentence

EFFECT + CONJUNCTION + CAUSE

I got a fever because I got caught in the rain yesterday.

The teacher was angry since the students were being noisy.

CAUSE, + CONJUNCTION + EFFECT

My dad had extra work to do in the office, so he got home late.

I spent all of my money on this dress, so I have no money left

EFFECT + PREPOSITION + NOUN PHRASE

I couldn’t wake up early this morning because of going to bed late.

I need to go back to John’s house due to the heavy rain.

PREPOSITION + NOUN PHRASE, + EFFECT

Due to the regulation to wear masks in public places, we should remember to always bring one.

Thanks to the Covid-19, we must follow the health protocols.

CAUSE. + TRANSITION, + EFFECT.

The food delivery was not coming yesterday. Hence, I ordered another one.

I didn’t bring any money to the grocery store. Therefore, I couldn’t buy anything there.

She never cleans her room. As a result, her room is always dirty.

Sentence examples of Cause & Effect

Sumatran tigers are almost extinct because people killed too many of them. (Harimau Sumatra hampir
punah karena orang-orang membunuh banyak darinya)

Cause – people killed too many of them

Effect – Sumatran tigers are almost extinct

2. Haze is cause by massive forest burning. (Asap disebabkan oleh pembakaran hutan yang besar)

Cause – massive forest burning

Effect – Haze

3. Since they are in love, they forgive each other’s mistakes. (sejak mereka jatuh cinta, mereka saling
memaafkan kesalahan masing-masing)
Cause – they are in love

Effect – they forgive each other’s mistake

4. Early man learnt to grow food, and as a result, their lives became easier. (Leluhur belajar bagaimana
mencari makanan, dan hasilnya, hidup mereka menjadi lebih mudah)

Cause – Early man learnt to grow food

Effect – their lives became easier

Di atas kita sudah belajar mengidentifikasi cause & effect dari sebuah kalimat. Sebaliknya, sekarang kita
coba yuk merangkai kalimat dari cause & effect.

Cause : She ate too much (dia makan terlalu banyak)

Effect : She got stomachache (dia sakit perut)

She ate too much so she got stomachache.

Because of eating too much, she got stomachache.

As she ate too much, She got stomachache

2. Cause : I ran out of money (saya kehabisan uang)

Effect : I borrowed money from my brother (saya meminjam uang kakakku)

I run out of money hence I borrowed money from my brother.

Due to running out of money, I borrowed money from my brother.

Because I ran out of money, I borrowed money from my brother.

3. Cause : after the car accident (setelah kecelakaan mobil)

Effect : he got injured (dia luka-luka)

He got injured after the car accident.

After the car accident, he got injured.

Untuk contoh nomor tiga ini, sedikit berbeda ya teman-teman tidak menggunakan konjungsi sebab
akibat. Hal itu dikarenakan sudah ada penghubung after pada cause-nya.