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Affect / Effect - Exercise 1

Choose the correct word in each sentence below.  When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

1.  I will try not to let his words (affect effect) me.

2.  Bridge washouts are often an (affect effect) of floods.

3.  He tried in vain to (affect effect) a different opinion in the crowd.

4.  Jim was seriously (affected effected) by his cousin's death.

5.  Weather conditions (affect effect) many people's moods.

6.  Did the committee's vote (affect effect) your position on the matter?

7.  Crossing wire A to wire B will produce an explosive (affect effect.)

8.  The major (affect effect) of the storm was devastation everywhere.

9.  The politician wanted to (affect effect) a change in the system.

10. That terrible accident had a profound (affect effect) on my driving.

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