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Affect or Influence Practice | Interactive English Vocabulary Exercise
Affect or influence practice for English learners. This interactive vocabulary exercise helps students notice the difference between affect, meaning to change a situation, result or condition, and influence, meaning to shape a person's choice, opinion or behaviour. The activity includes sport, school, online life, games, media and personal experience contexts, with clear distractors such as affect on versus influence on.

Choose the correct option: AFFECT or INFLUENCE.

1. The rain AFFECTED / INFLUENCED the match badly: the ball kept slipping, and both teams made stupid mistakes.

2. His older brother had a huge AFFECT ON / INFLUENCE ON him. That’s probably why he started boxing at twelve.

3. The new school rules AFFECTED / INFLUENCED everyone: phones were banned, breaks became shorter, and even the teachers looked annoyed.

4. One angry comment online AFFECTED / INFLUENCED her to delete the video.

5. The injury AFFECTED / INFLUENCED his speed, but it didn’t AFFECT / INFLUENCE his confidence.

6. The coach’s speech clearly AFFECTED / INFLUENCED the team to play much harder in the second half.

7. Too much pressure from parents can AFFECT / INFLUENCE a child’s sleep, mood and school results.

8. That documentary had a strong AFFECT ON / INFLUENCE ON the way I think about professional sport.

9. The scandal AFFECTED / INFLUENCED the club’s reputation, but the fans still supported the players.

10. His friends AFFECTED / INFLUENCED him more than his parents ever did.

11. The last update AFFECTED / INFLUENCED the game balance: some weapons became almost useless.

12. The streamer had a strange AFFECT ON / INFLUENCE ON younger players. They copied his jokes, his clothes and even the way he spoke.

13. Missing three weeks of school AFFECTED / INFLUENCED her final grade.

14. My time in France AFFECTED / INFLUENCED me the most. I came back speaking differently, eating differently and wanting a completely different life.