SPELLING Practice Exercise 3 From the choices provided after each sentence select the word that would properly complete the sentence. Submit the form using the SUBMIT APPLICATION button at the end of the exercise. Your score will be returned to you in a few seconds. Quizzes labeled "Practice Exercise" or "Additional Practice" are taken from the ancillary materials for Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide, by Evelyn Farbman, and are used by the Guide for Grammar and Writing with the kind permission of the book's author and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin. 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 Quiz List Guide to Grammar and Writing
Quizzes labeled "Practice Exercise" or "Additional Practice" are taken from the ancillary materials for Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide, by Evelyn Farbman, and are used by the Guide for Grammar and Writing with the kind permission of the book's author and the publisher, Houghton Mifflin.
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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