In a report, the sentence 'Heavy rain caused a street to flood' shows what kind of relationship?

• A. Cause and effect (the rain caused flooding).
• B. Describe a setting.
• C. Compare and contrast.
• D. Sequence.

Answer: (A)

This sentence shows a cause-and-effect relationship. The heavy rain is the cause that leads to the street flooding, which is the effect or result. In a report, linking an event to what happens because of it helps explain why something occurred. It’s not about describing the setting, since it doesn’t focus on where or when the action happens; it isn’t about comparing two things, and it isn’t just listing events in order without showing a result. The word caused is the clue that this is about something happening because something else happened first.