Fictional worked example · Reusable template

What changed the museum visit?

Review date: November 6, 2026

Support every arrow with a detail from the passage.

Read the passage

  1. A class planned to enter the museum through the garden gate at 10:00.
  2. Overnight rain flooded the garden path, so museum staff closed that entrance.
  3. The teacher led the class to the main entrance, where another group was waiting.
  4. Because the two groups needed to pass through the same check-in desk, the class began its tour ten minutes later than planned.
  5. To finish before the bus departure, the guide shortened the last gallery stop.

Explain one connection

Cause

Rain flooded the garden path.

Effect

Staff closed the garden entrance.

Evidence

Sentence 2 connects the flood and closure.

Uncertain

The passage says nothing about a late bus driver.

Follow the chain

1

Entrance closed

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Teacher uses main entrance

Sentences 2–3
2

Both groups need one check-in desk

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Tour starts ten minutes late

Sentence 4
3

Less time before bus departure

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Final gallery stop is shortened

Sentence 5

One event, two effects

The school moved the concert indoors. Staff carried the chairs into the hall, and the student announcer replaced the outdoor directions on the welcome sign.

Stated effect

Chairs moved into the hall.

Stated effect

Directions on the sign were changed.

Everyone stayed dry is a possible prediction, not a stated outcome.