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Question 11 • CA-English Language Arts 12 B – 1744

The professional basketball player was much taller anyone else in the room. Everyone kept staring at him in awe me. You see, I'm way thinking being tall is something unusual. I've been just over seven feet tall since I was sixteen years old. Once, when I was a little kid, I tried balancing a weight on my head. I walked around for an hour to see if it would get me to stop growing. It had no . I still managed to grow a full six inches that year!

Answer
A
affect
B
effect

Explanation

“Effect” is the noun meaning a result or consequence, so the sentence should read, “It had no effect.” The weight on the narrator’s head produced no result: it did not stop him from growing. “Affect” is usually a verb meaning to influence, as in “The weight did not affect his growth.”

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