Remember: breathe, affect, advise, passed are verbs. These words show action in a sentence.
Breath, effect, advice, past are nouns. They often have a, an, the with them, and are used as a subject or an object.
Section A: Choose the correct word for each sentence below. Follow the tips in this week’s lessons.
1. When I run far, I can barely (breathe, breath).
2. The doctor gave me some good (advise, advice).
3. I would (advise, advice) you to listen to him.
4. That car just (passed, past) us again.
5. Can you feel the (affect, effect) of the air conditioning yet?
6. I love to read stories that are set in the (passed, past).
7. When you take a (breathe, breath), be sure to (breathe, breath) deeply.
8. Can you give me some (advise, advice)?
9. Will my high school grades (affect, effect) my chances of getting into college?
10. I (passed, past) all my classes this year.
11. We had to write a cause and (affect, effect) essay for English class.
12. I (advise, advice) you to start writing well before the deadline.
13. Lack of sleep can (affect, effect) your school performance.
14. I hope my school counselor can (advise, advice) me about my courses next year.
15. One piece of (advise, advice) is to (breathe, breath) deeply just before making a decision.
16. That hasn’t worked in the (passed, past), but maybe it will work this time.
17. Take a (breathe, breath) before going underwater.
18. You can feel the (affect, effect) of the water pressure on your body.
Answers: 1-breathe; 2-advice; 3-advise; 4-passed; 5-effect; 6-past; 7-breath, breathe; 8-advice; 9-affect; 10-passed; 11-effect; 12-advise; 13-affect; 14-advise; 15-advice, breathe; 16-past; 17-breath; 18-effect.