Affect and effect sound a little alike, but their meanings are different.
Affect--is used as a verb meaning to change or influence.
Example 1: Your test grade will affect your final grade.
Example 2: His actions negatively affected the rest of his life.
Effect-- is usually a noun meaning a result, an impression, or something that comes into being.
Example 1: The baby’s crying had a terrible effect on the passengers.
Example 2: The new roof gave the effect of a whole new house
Practice:
1. Another drought will _______________________ the wheat crop.
2. The movie had a big _______________________ on her.
3. He did not want the scandal to have a negative _____________ on the outcome of the election.
4. The bad behavior of some students may ___________________ the reputation of the whole school.
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Second, Fill in the blank with either affect or effect. (we will check our work)
1. Wars _______________ everybody, and their destructive _______________ last for generations.
2. Television has a strong _______________ on public opinion.
3. My mood can _______________ my thinking, too.
4. I see that you're trying to _______________ me, but I know that you really do care.
5. Falling on my head had a bad _______________ on my memory.
6. His years of smoking have negatively ____________ed his health.
7. This plan will surely ______________ significant improvements in our productivity.
8. The patient shows normal ______________s of age and appears to be psychologically stable.
9. The principal's new rules _______________ the school.
10. Supply and demand have a direct ________________ on the prices of commodities.
11. The _______________ of the speech was visible on the faces of the sleeping audience.
12. He's just trying to seem cool; his indifference completely _______________ed all of us.
13. We may never know the full _______________ of the radiation leak.
14. The early frost will _______________ the crops.
15. What kind of _______________ can this quiz have on your dinner tonight?
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