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Affect / Effect - Exercise 2

Direction: 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 volcanic eruption (   ) the entire country.

2. Your answer will not (   ) your grade on the test.

3. Your answer will have no (   ) on your grade on the test.

4. What he said to her (   ) her deeply.

5. The patient asked how the medication would (   ) her energy level.

6. The speaker said that her organization wanted to (   ) a major change in the party's platform.

7. Joe talked with Janis, but his words had almost no (   ) on his friend's actions.

8. One (   ) of the new lenses is my ability to read more easily.

9. Adding salt to the batter (   ) the taste of the cake.

10. The (   ) of the storm will not be clear for years.

             

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