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This resource includes a fill-in-the-blank exercise that you may print and provide the appropriate word choice of accept and except .

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Accept/Except Spelling Exercise

This exercise asks you apply your knowledge of accept and except by inserting the appropriate word into the sample sentences. Click the link at the bottom of the page to see the answers.