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Commonly Confused Words in English: EFFECT & AFFECT
What’s the difference between EFFECT and AFFECT? Even native speakers often get this wrong, but you can learn how to use these words correctly in this quick English lesson. Take the test after the lesson to see if you understood the class.
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Oh, my God! Your Enghlish is so bad. Who has taught English grammar for you?
That’s why he’s here to learn and correct his grammar. He’s just being honest to himself and to everybody.Anyway,
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I agree. Everyone is here to learn, and each student is at a different level. There is no need to insult anyone here.
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Rebecca.
I like very much your way of teaching it´s so clear I don´t have any problem uderstanding.
I would like you to help me clarify this doubt
that I have when verbs are used as nouns specially at the beginning of sentences
like for example “Swimming is good exercise”,
“working ten years in the mine was enough”
“To sleep in is a luxury” and “To be able to read is important” But what if I say “To swim is a good execise” or “sleeping is a luxury”
when do I have to use “to” or “ing” with the noun?.
I would be very grateful if you help me solve
this doubt.
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May you answer this question, please? Is it right to make a difficult exam for my students to master English or not? I’m a teacher from Egypt. I always prefer difficult tests. what’s your opinion?
Interesting question. In the classroom, I try to take the responsibility on myself to teach so clearly that my students can do well on any test. I prefer to motivate through positive reinforcement; if the tests are too hard and the students get low marks, that could turn them off English forever or leave them with the self-image of being poor learners of languages. I prefer to set it up so that they take small steps and succeed at each stage so they develop the self-confidence, which is so necessary to master the new language. I also think we, as teachers, have to find many creative ways to correct students until they get it right!
Hope this helps. All the best to you, Kamel.
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I now know the difference between the two words … thanks for your efforts EngVid team, you’re having a great effect on our english improvement
Thanks so much…
thank you
robbeca i like your teaching method
please can you send me more example about ago and before.
this is very confusing propostion
any english my second language
and ineed also affect and effect
thank you very much and i apriciate
God bless you!!!!!!!!!
Please check my video on Commonly Confused Words in English: Before and Ago
Here are some more examples:
I left home a few minutes ago.
We finished dinner half an hour ago.
I used to go out with him many years ago.
I went to the gym before going to lunch.
He called me from the airport before his flight took off.
Jack’s poor diet affected his health.
Jack’s poor diet had a negative effect on his health.
All the best to you!
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Thanks a lot, i really happy for understanding confused words. :)
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I love all your lesson, they are always very clear and interesting.
Today I found this sentence in the news “What went wrong at the oil rig?” I would like if you could to talk about of the structure of that sentence.
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Thank for u learning
If a got 100% in the quiz, Mrs. Rebecca is a great theacher, Thank a lot.
I think Ishmael is a great and humble student. Congratulations and all the best to you.
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1. It’s FREE.
2. There is no step-by-step program here yet. Just go to the ALL ENGLISH LESSONS page, and select WRITING and SPEAKING classes to study when you have time.
Good luck with your studies.
Good lesson Rebbeca!!!
The word effect can be a verb and it can also be noun.
Smoking can adversely affect health.
Quitting may effect an improvement.
Please ignore my comment.
Yes, at an advanced level, we can speak about “effecting a change” as in causing a change to happen.
Most ESL students are confused by the more common usage of the two words though; hence, the lesson.
Thanks for your contribution.
gr8 teaching method!
The word effect can be a verb.
Smoking can adversely effect health.
Quitting may effect an improvement.
Effect is also a noun.
Smoking can have an adverse effect on health.
Wrong: Smoking can adversely effect health.
Right: Smoking can adversely affect health.
Sorry about not proof reading before I click on the submit button.
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Basically The quizz is not quite difficult, however it’s a good lesson !
thanks for this coz first time both meaning clear to i.
good lesson
can u tell me when to use was and were
he was playing
they were playing
what were u doing?
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Really, I love your site
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Thanks a lot.
hi really nice!!!! i want to improve my communication skill. i’m having a shy n hesitation to talk with others!!! can u tell me how????
Practice speaking every chance you get! Don’t worry about making mistakes – it is through our mistakes that we learn and grow. No shame necessary. Listen, read, write, sing, dance and joke in English. Surround yourself with the language whenever you can and you will make good progress
All the best!
thanks for help me….
thank’s alot
thanks love i had problem with these two words but now it sorted
hi
can u please tell me which of the following 2 sentences is right:
1-there is something affects my feeling
2-there is something affect my feeling
i mean my question is about the 3rd person present singular
which one of them is right???
thanks
Sorry, but both sentences are incorrect the way they are.
You could say,
A horror movie affects me negatively.
or
Horror movies affect me negatively.
The form of the verb depends on the subject of the sentence.
Good luck, Ahmed.
Thanks!
Thank you very much.This lesson is useful,so I love engVid.
Please tell me how to improve new vocablary.
Thanks again from japan.
There are so many ways. You could read, listen, play word games, do simple crosswords and take an active interest in words. With news items, you could start by just reading headlines, then the first paragraph of different news stories, then later perhaps the whole story. If there is some “breaking news” on TV, they will keep on repeating the story and this gives you a chance to hear new vocabulary many times in context and learn it.
All the best to you!
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Thank you a lot. It’s really useful for me.
Thank you Rebecca
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This lesson had a good effect to me.
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Thnx alot
Rebecca
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Thank you for posting these videos, Rebecca. I wanted to ask you about the IELTS exam. Well, it may not be the most suitable place/website to inquire but after watching your videos and noticing your response to other comments I assume you might be the right person to refer to.
In one video you mentioned that in the IELTS exam one must be able to speak/write/understand British English. I have no problems with that. My concerns are about my accent. I have developed an American accent. So, basically, will my accent in any certain ways influence my SPEAKING part’s results (even though my grammar is good)?
Sorry if I gave you that impression.
No, it does not matter what kind of accent you have on the IELTS exam. What matters is how correctly and fluently you speak.
What I meant was that you will hear British accents on the listening part of the IELTS, and they also use some specifically British English expressions or vocabulary so you must be familiar with these.
If you speak with correct grammar, you can get a good score, no matter what accent you have.
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You can ask your question right here, zoka!
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Very accessible and interesting!
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hi robeca could you please write the firsy sntence that you use for show affect and effect you said smokin ……. i did not get the last word can you wrte me the sentence thanks
Easy and fastest way to learn english form home at your own pace.Thanks!
Is this sentence is correct:-
1)This radical changes can(or Could)affect
Is this sentence is correct:-
1)This radical changes can(or Could) affect views of general public toward govt.
2)We are being effected or affected(?) by the financial Crisis.
How we can use effect as a verb?
could you tell me when we use can/cuold, may/might, must/have to. what are the differences between them.
I couldn’t believe that I watched your video on the ‘Affect’ and ‘Effect”. After watching your video on the ‘Affect’ which is a Verb, and ‘Effect’ which is a Noun, I can see the whole picture like a puzzle. You explained how to use these two words so clear, and making English so simple and easy to learn and understand is a fond experience. I appreciate you very much.
You always inspire me! Love you all there! Thanks a lot.
I have always confused with these 3 words: lay, laid, lie. Can you please help me to understand when I suppose to use these words correctly in writing or speaking?
I have understood bt still bit confuse
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I love this website although my English isn’t very poor. I guess, my English level now isn’t lower than Intermediate, but still being quite far from Advanced.
Rebecca, your lessons are so clear, your English is perfect – both the pronunciation and the content of speech. Well done!
P.S. I’m from Ukraine.
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I really love your teaching on every lesson.
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hi rebecca, thank’s for the lesson. actually till now i couldn’t understand for affect and effect. could you please explain with a simple way to me, perhaps i can understand more.
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Timor Leste
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what a good lesson. it helps me a lot. thanks. i like your lesson much.
Now, I know how to use “affect” and “effect”. Thanks a lot!
thank you so much for this beautiful lesson , it opened my eyes, i used these two expessions before instinctively but now i understood the rule when and where they are used thank you so much rebecca with all my best wishes to you
Hi lectur, my name Chea, i am Cambodian, i apriciated your way of teaching.I would like ask you one request. Being good lecuture, what kid of approach, principle being used? I am sorry, my english is not good
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smoking has bad effect on my health ,so i must stop it.
thank you rebecca for this beautiful lesson.
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dear rebeca,
i feeling this lesson is very difficult, can u tell me one more examples by using the word ‘affect” and “effect”.
My thanks to all for your thanks!
Hello,
I would like to congratulate you for your videos, they are very well made. For the lesson concerning Affects and effect, I would like to have the text of your example because there are some words that j’ have difficulty in seize. Thank you
Hello Rebecca,
I would like to congratulate you for your videos, they are very well made. For the lesson concerning Affects and effect, I would like to have the text of your example because there are some words that i dont understand. Thank you
you know i do not know how to thank you but thanks a lot for what you do teacher , all the best
hi ma’am.. thanks for the teaching.. i really like the way you teach… i become more clearly to differentiate between affect and effect after i watched this video.. :)
Thank you very much..
Dear rebeca,
really, thank you very much for your easily understanding methods
hi thanks
can i get answer please ?’i have many words but i cannot use them in the speaking please how i can speak fluently with different words that i have ?
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thanks for your lesson it was so easy to understand . thanks again.
Rebecca, thank’s a lot . These lessons helped me so much in my preparing the TOEFL.
Rebecca, I’m preparing ibt TOEFL exam. My english level is intermediate, and if you don’t mind could you tell me approximately how much time I need to practise thoroughly to reach 80 on ibt TOEFL? Thank’s in advance
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No, sorry.
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you teach very clearly,i have been lerninig english for many years , still i have problems when i talk and write in english.youe lessons help me to over come those barriers.
THANKS Rubecca!!!but still i have just bit conffusion
Jassi, the difference between the words: affect and effect, is effect is a more generalized idea, for example: People smoke Marijuana for the effect of it.” I may also mention that you could think of effect as bringing about something or a cause. Oppose to affect is more direct towards a individual, yet you must remember that affect most of the time deals with a emotion. Think of affecting having a more particular cause to support it.
For example, “Ben like’s the affect of sparkles in his hair.”
Usually what I do is think of their parts of speech. It’s alot more simplistic than you think. I usually do is condense it in a way my mind can absorb, and grasp it :D Hope this helps.
Best wishes :D
Sincerely- katz
You definitely explained these concepts, clearly, and concisely I had no idea these to very similar words had such a vast difference! hahhah exciting! This is a must to learn. Even-though many may understand just fine. It’s still good to make sure and go over this lesson just to instill confindence within yourself.
It was a nice lesson. I had been cleared since i watched this lesson.
Thank you very much, it’s really great lesson.
I asked someone he speak English well about the different but he could’t explain to me
but now I knew the different exactly
thanks
Thanks teacher!! :)
Just i want to know the phrase that you said when you want to correct somthing (exactly 2.20 minute) ? thanks! :)
hi Rabbeca madam ur way of teaching is very very nice mindblowing..ilove ur way of teaching.
i was confused bet these words ..
thx alot 4 ur explanation <3
Hello Rebecca,
Thank you for the lesson on this pair of frequently confused words. Students do often make mistakes using ‘effect’ and ‘affect’ interchangeably as they often do not realise that these words belong to two different parts of speech.
My question is about two other FCW(frequently confused words): presumption and assumption. The IELTS Vocabulary books often place them in the FCW section. I have checked the English monolingual dictionaries and honestly failed to find the difference. Could you please explain it? These are two sentences I have in my IELTS book:
1. They raised taxes on the assumption that it would help control spending.
2. It’s sheer presumption for the government to suggest things have improved since they came to power.
Is it about the difference in meaning, combinability or something else?
I’m not sure that it is the right place to ask new questions. Could you please also tell me where I could do so on your website?
Thanks a lot in advance. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes
Nat
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Rebecca
you are very good teacher and your voice is very clear and sweet.
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I really learned a lot with all lessons. but I still need more to learn, can you please explain more ways to communicate with examples.
Hai Rebecca… I am an English student of STKIP Hamzanwadi in Indonesia… My lecturer suggested me this website… Your teaching is excellent. One thing that I want to ask to you. How can i motivate my friends to learn English in the fun way, so they can clearly and easily receive the English lessons in the class especially in grammar, because most of my friends were very confuse in learning grammar. hmm… So do I… hehehehe.
Now I know.
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hi,teacher i can’t understand te samples on the words,effet and affet
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Thank you again! Hope to be able sometime to talk with you, live :). See you soon!
Cata
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very helpful, thanks rebecca
I am clearly on your program. Its really help me in using english.
i learned enough from this lesson.
thank you
Hello Rebecca
I’ve a quetion concerning with this lesson. Can I use ”affect,, “”effect,, also in positieve situation?
All the best yo you,
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i like it,thanks rebecca its helpful for me and for others.
please teacher can you advice me i am beginner in english i wont be good in english what the solution i study every day in this site can you tell me what i can do it again thanks
Thank u Rebecca for this lesson, now i can distinguish between affect & effect very well, thank u very much again
thanks you .
rebecca, you r a good teacher
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thank you very much for hellping me to inprove my english
Great lesson thanks..
its still too confusing to me :(
I am happy since I know this web, I listen to videos everyday, thanks for your explaining them
what can i say, your really a good teacher. thanks! :)
Thank you Ms. Rebecca for doing such a great job I really enjoy your lessons.
Thank you teacher.
Could someone clear my confusion please…Firstly, what is the last word that Rebecca have said, “smoking affected the condition of his xxxxx”…what is the xxxxx?
secondly,regarding on the quiz above, “The drugs must be affecting her brain”..why do we use “affecting” instead of “affected”?does affecting was a gerund or a verb?
Please help somebody help me…
Thanks a lot for this lesson ….
Wow, great! thanks
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Hi Rabicca , its very good to hear you online i got my confussion off,you realy inpired me and my admirration is with you, I am there fore cordily inviting here you in pakistan particulerly Swat vally, you will see the people’s hospitalities and eagernes to learn english,if you could please accept my humbleness ,thanks
Hi, Rebecca!
I am a Middle School student and this movie has helped my understanding of Affect and Effect.
I was just wondering; are the sentences ‘Car exhaust AFFECTED her by giving her lung cancer’ and ‘Developing lung cancer was the EFFECT of inhaling car exhaust’ grammatically correct?
Thanks!
Very good lesson I got 5/5 ;)
thank u .its very helfful to me.
very beaytiful mam.
your way of teaching is amazing
good team , good staff and good lessons thanks you all my teachers …
This lesson is quite interesting since through it one is able to clearly understand the difference between the words AFFECT and EFFECT. Besides all, the teacher shows a great ability on teaching grammar points. I do like this very amusing way of teaching English you have presented to us.
Congratulations!
P.S. – By the way, how could I improve my listening in English?
Francisco Antonio Ramos de Araújo
São José dos Campos city
State of São Paulo
Brazil
You made it very clear, thank you. I think others would like to know better about how to use :
some time
sometime
sometimes
some times
better, thank you so much, I would make so much tea for you. I am from Taiwan, an island near Hong Kong, the people here are Chinese, but we don’t live in China.
hi,
dear teacher,will you please tell me the difference between life and live?
my quiz was a 100% correct
very good but i want to know about the direct and indirect speeches please help me about this topic.
thnx
It’s a God blessing that such type of people are present in our world. God bless them.
Bravo !
like your lesson! thanks rebeka!
thank you so much for this great lesson
hi, Thank you for your way to teaching is good.
Thanks Rebecca,Your’re a great teacher .Have a good one .
Hi dear teacher
Your lecture is cool. I have a suggestion please teach us with written examples.
thanks
You scored 5 out of 5.”
woow.. I am a good student.
Hello Rebecca,
You’ve very well explained the difference between ‘affect’ and ‘effect’. These are the two words out of so many words people wrongly use at different places.
Thanks a lot for the kind guidance.
Regards,
Sri
Tnx a Zillion for such a helpful lessons…
Thank you very much Rebecca.
I’m really really happy.
actually i performed the quiz, i have got this mark:
‘You got 5 correct out of 5.:D’
thanks a lot.Now I know the difference between these two words
nice!!))
Affect and Effect — that’s a good lesson.
Dear Rebecca,
I am 60 years old and I am tryng learn English by myself( no regular courses). Although not yet understand everything you say , your lessons help me so much. Thanck you very much!
Rebecca, thank you for this lesson! Please tell me if there are any differences between affect and influence…
Hi Rebecca,
your lesson is helpful for everyone but I have my opinion that you should be got more example & more explain the meaning. This is very important because negative effect mean effect or no effect.
thanks.
one more question
could you explain for me to pronoun affect is a’ not ei and effect is i’ not e.
thanks again
Thanks a lot. God bless you.
Thanks a lot. God bless you.
This lesson is good, for me not that much clear :(
Thank you very much for your lesson.
Could you please let me know difference between “affect” and “influence”?
I was always confused to use these words. So, I would like to watch video lesson for this. Thank you very much in advance.