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Affect / Effect - Exercise 4

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

1.  The  bad weather (affected  effected) Carrie's mood.

2.  Painting the walls brown has produced a depressing (affect  effect).

3.  Smoking  (affects  effects) the heart.

4.  The light from the bright lamp adversely (affected effected) my vision.

5.  Great flooding was one (affect  effect) of the heavy rains.

6. This quiz will not (affect  effect) your final grade in the course.

7.  One (affect  effect) of deregulation will be a loss of  control.

8.  Only the company CEO can (affect  effect)  such a sweeping change.

9.  The audience's laughter did not (affect  effect) the speaker's calm demeanor.

10. The antibiotic had no (affect  effect) on my sinus infection.

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Director, Writing Support Program
English Department
Towson University
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