Grammar 35A: Affect/Effect

1.  I can't even talk to you because I'm afraid I'll drastically ________ your mood.

2.  He was shot seven times in the chest, but it had no ________.

3.  If you want to ________ an ________ in your environment, you should consider how it will ________ all the people around you.

4.  The movie was boring except for one special ________ at the end.

5.  I don't know why I try to convince you to do your homework; it has no ________ whatsoever.

6.  The painting was so amazing that the ________ it produced in him would ________ him for the rest of his life.

7.  What sort of mood are you trying to ________ by creating this painting?

8.  The ________ of dropping an atomic bomb on a major metropolitan area is too awful to think about.

9.  He often wondered what he would have to do to ________ the behavior of his students.

10.  He often wondered what he would have to do to ________ good behavior in his students.