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Spelling: Exercise #2: for affect/effectBrought to you by The Purdue University Online Writing Lab at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/index.htm.
Fill in the blank with either affect or effect. 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 _______________ apathy, 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 ______________ and appears to be psychologically stable. 9. Slim tried to _______________ an escape through the air ducts. 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 is completely _______________ed. 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? Answers for these exercises are available at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelprobA2.html. Or you can return to the handout on spelling rules for affect /effect and accept/except at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_spelprob.html. |
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