435. Practice with Confusing Words

Section A: Put affect or effect into each blank.
1. The temperature will ____ the growth of the plants.
2. I’m not sure what kind of ____ the temperature will have.
3. We had to write a cause and ____ paper for English class.

Section B: Put advice or advise into each blank.
4. The teacher gave us ___ about how to write the essay.
5. I would ____ you to listen to everything she says.
6. My dad always gives me ____ about driving.

Section C: Put passed or past into each blank.
7. We _____ our old house yesterday.
8. It seems like long ago in the ____ that we lived there.
9. I’m pretty sure I ____ the math test yesterday.

Section D: Put breath or breathe into each blank.
10. I am out of _____ when I finish running a race.
11. If you take a deep _____, you will fell calmer.
12. I ____ deeply when I sleep.

Answers: 1-affect; 2-effect; 3-effect; 4-advice; 5-advise; 6-advice; 7-passed; 8-past; 9-passed; 10-breath; 11-breath; 12-breathe.