verb · academic
affect
/əˈfekt/af·FECT
Band 5-6speakingtask2
to produce a change in something or someone
Examples
“The new policy will affect small businesses the most.”
“Smoking can negatively affect your health.”
“Changes in the climate affect crop yields every year.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although multiple factors were at play, the subsidy clearly affected farmers' willingness to invest.”
Collocations
- deeply affect
- directly affect
- affect decision-making
Word family
affect verbaffected adjectiveaffection noun (different meaning)
Common mistakes
effect→affect
Say it for a higher band
5change→6influence→7+affect
Synonyms
influence
impact
Easily confused
effect
“The new law had a positive effect on employment.”
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