The correct answers are in bold, with their part of speech and an approximate definition in parentheses. If this quiz helped you, there is more where this came from on the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) web page at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/4/24/42/ (The answer link is at the bottom of the test page.)
1. Cartoons have a strong effect on children. (noun: influence, result)
2. I see that you’re trying to affect apathy, but I know that you really do care. (verb: pretend, feign, counterfeit)
3. The CEO’s new rules affected the entire company. (transitive verb: influence, sway)
4. What kind of effect does eating chocolate have on you?(noun: result, outcome)
Today’s tally:
A) 57
B) 11
C) 1
D) 6
And two people sent an e-mail for each of the four answers (which I did not count).
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