Text Organisation Patterns Worksheet (Grade 7)
Free printable Grade 7 text structure worksheet. Students classify snippets as chronological, cause and effect, compare and contrast, or problem and solution. Answer key included.
Grade 7 · Writing worksheet
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Text Organisation Patterns
Writers organise ideas in patterns: chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, or problem and solution. Signal words like 'first', 'because', 'whereas' and 'solved' give the pattern away. Name the pattern in each snippet.
- 1.How is this text organised? "In 1901 the colonies federated. By 1927 the capital had moved to Canberra. In 1967 the referendum passed."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 2.How is this text organised? "The dam was built upstream, so the wetlands below received less water. Consequently, bird numbers fell."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 3.How is this text organised? "Unlike the crowded city beaches, the island's coves are empty. Both share the same turquoise water."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 4.How is this text organised? "Before dawn the trawlers leave the harbour. By mid-morning the catch is sorted. At noon the market opens."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 5.How is this text organised? "Solar farms need sunshine, while wind farms need steady breezes. Each produces power without burning fuel."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 6.How is this text organised? "Heavy rain loosened the hillside. This led to a landslide that closed the highway for a week."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 7.How is this text organised? "Erosion was eating the dunes. The council planted spinifex and fenced the walkways to hold the sand."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 8.How is this text organised? "First the cane is cut. Next it is crushed at the mill. Finally the raw sugar is shipped from the port."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 9.How is this text organised? "Possums kept raiding the vegetable patch. The gardeners fixed netting over the beds, and the raids stopped."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
- 10.How is this text organised? "Dingoes live in the wild, whereas domestic dogs rely on people. Both, however, descend from wolves."
- a) Chronological order
- b) Cause and effect
- c) Compare and contrast
- d) Problem and solution
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