Special Quiz on Except/Accept and Affect/Effect
Select one answer from the choices provided after each sentence. The word you choose should fit the blank in the sentence.
A common error is the use of accept/except and affect/effect.
ac-cept 1. to receive, esp. willingly 2. to approve 3. to agree to 4. to believe in 5. to agree to pay
ex-cept to leave out or take out; exclude Prep. leaving out; but Conj. were it not that; only if it were not for
1.
The whole army is out of step ____________ Fred.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
2.
I'll ____________ no money from that cheapskate.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
3.
Please ____________ this pot of Mama's chicken soup.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
4.
It will cure anything ____________ flat feet.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
5.
Rip could do anything ____________ make money.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
6.
I had to ____________ a nasty insult.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
7.
All the girls went to the game ____________ Mary.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
8.
Howard could not ____________ the job.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
9.
Every student volunteered to take the quiz ____________ Joe.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
10.
I will ____________ your gift if you let me pay for my lunch.
ACCEPT
EXCEPT
af-fect 1. to have an effect on; influence 2. to stir the emotions of 3. to like to use, wear, etc. 4. to make a pretense of being, feeling, etc.
ef-fect 1. anything brought about by a cause; result 2. the power to cause results 3. influence. 4. meaning [spoke to this effect] 5. an impression made on the mind, or its cause 6. a being operative or in force 7. belongings; property to bring about; accomplish
11.
Television has its ____________ on public opinion.
AFFECT
EFFECT
12.
Kisses can ____________ my thinking, too.
AFFECT
EFFECT
13.
Soap advertisements don't ____________ Stinky.
AFFECT
EFFECT
14.
Falling on my head had a bad ____________ on my memory.
AFFECT
EFFECT
15.
Smog can ____________ your lungs.
AFFECT
EFFECT
16.
Study the laws of cause and ____________ .
AFFECT
EFFECT
17.
Slim tried to ____________ an escape through the ventilator.
AFFECT
EFFECT
18.
This salary cut may ____________ his living habits.
AFFECT
EFFECT
19.
The supply of a certain item may have an ____________ except on the price.
AFFECT
EFFECT
20.
The ____________ of the speech was visible on the faces of the sleeping audience.
AFFECT
EFFECT
21.
The beauty of the scene will surely ____________ his indifference.
AFFECT
EFFECT
22.
We shall never know the full ____________ of the drink.
AFFECT
EFFECT
23.
The heavy snows will ____________ the first crops this winter.
AFFECT
EFFECT
24.
What kind of ____________ can this quiz have on your dinner tonight?
AFFECT
EFFECT
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