March 29th

Please copy the following:

Affect as a verb means “to influence”: It affected me strangely. As a noun, it is a technical term used in psychology to describe someone’s emotional state.

Effect as a noun means “result”: It had a strange effect on me. As a verb, it means “to bring about” or “to cause”: He’s trying to effect change in government.

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. Mark told Lisa that cigarettes would negatively affect/effect her health.
  2. The service trip to Central America had a life-altering affect/effect on Rosemary.
  3. To affect/effect better treatment of food-packaging laborers, Aaron started a workers union.

March 30th

Affect as a verb means “to influence”: It affected me strangely. As a noun, it is a technical term used in psychology to describe someone’s emotional state.

Effect as a noun means “result”: It had a strange effect on me. As a verb, it means “to bring about” or “to cause”: He’s trying to effect change in government.

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. The convict showed little affect/effect throughout her trial.
  2. When the school’s new rules take affect/effect, students will no longer be allowed to leave campus during lunch.
  3. Do you think our campaign will be affective/effective?

March 31st

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. Bobby’s friends tend to affect/effect his rash decision making.
  2. Working overtime at the office negatively affected/effected Keeton’s personal life.
  3. It is unfortunate that fossil fuels have such a drastic affect/effect on the environment.

April 1st

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. One must be a powerful speaker to affect/effect social change.
  2. Jojo found that meditation had therapeutic affects/effects.
  3. The choices we make now will affect/effect society for generations to come.

April 4th

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. The bike safety law currently in affect/effect should be improved.
  2. The emergence of social networking websites affected/effected her productivity.
  3. Do you think that winning the lottery has affected/effected Kelsey’s personality?

April 5th

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. The affect/effect of the antibiotic on her infection was surprising.
  2. I did not know that antibiotics could affect/effect people so quickly.
  3. Plastic surgery had an affect/effect not only on her appearance but also on her self-esteem.

April 6th

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. If the chemotherapy has no affect/effect, should she get surgery for the tumor?
  2. When will we know if the chemotherapy has taken affect/effect?
  3. To have the most affect/effect, you should know both your strengths and your weaknesses.

April 7th

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. The net affect/effect of blowing the whistle at her boss was that she was eventually given his position.
  2. What was the affect/effect of his promotion?
  3. His decision affected/effected everyone here.

April 8th

Directions: Circle the correct word in each sentence.

  1. We had to affect/effect a reduction in costs.
  2. The critics greatly affected/effected his thinking.
  3. That book had a major affect/effect on his philosophy.