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Exercise : Affect/Effect Spelling Exercise

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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. 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 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?

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