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Help the mad scientist document the results of his anti-gravity potion by choosing the correct word for each gap.
"The potion didn't _________________________ the gravity in the laboratory as I had hoped. Instead, the only noticeable _________________________ was that my poor assistant began to float toward the ceiling. I must study how this formula will _________________________ my future funding, because the side _________________________ of these experiments are getting terribly expensive!"
The correct answers are affect, effect, affect, and effects.
Affect is almost always a verb meaning "to influence or produce a change in" (e.g., didn't affect the gravity, will affect my funding).
Effect is almost always a noun meaning "the result or outcome of a change" (e.g., noticeable effect, side effects).
Hint: If you can put "the," "an," or an adjective (like "side") in front of it, you usually need the noun effect.