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Affect / Effect - Exercise 3

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

1.  How will the rainy weather (affect  effect) your plans for the day?

2.  This financial crisis could negatively (affect  effect) your child's educational experience.

3.  Hooting owls can create an eerie (affect  effect).

4.  The loud noise from the motor (affected effected) my hearing for days.

5.  Nothing you say can (affect  effect) my current mood.

6.  Mel's giggle in church (affected  effected) a reaction from his mother.

7.  Adding powder to the water (affects effects) the water's color.

8.  The (affect  effect) of your words was immediate:  everyone stopped talking.

9.  During that historical era, many people thought that human actions could (affect effect) the planet's weather.

10. Your departure created  (affects  effects) that we didn't expect.

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