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Affected vs Effected - English Grammar - Teaching Tips

 

This video covers the difference between 'affected' and 'effected'. As these two words have a similar pronunciation and spelling, their usage is often confused. 'Effected' means executed, produced, or brought about. On the other hand, 'affected' refers to the action of making an impact on something. Some example sentences would be: "The BP oil spill adversely affected marine wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding areas." or "After the BP oil spill, the government effected sweeping environmental regulation." Both words are used in the past tense in these examples but can also be used in the same way in the present tense as 'affect' and 'effected'. They are also often used as a passive, such as 'was affected by...'.


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This particular unit tells us about the different types of skills and focuses mainly on the receptive skills which are reading and writing. The unit clearly shows the reasons and motives of reading and listening. It helps us to have a clear understanding on the different types of reading and listening skills which are commonly used, the problems, etc. It gives us a clarity on we can approach teaching of a difficult language. The task material used is the unit will help the students with better understanding of the lesson and its usage



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