Week #2: Choose the correct word in parentheses and write its correct form in the space provided.
1. The judge__________ (affect, effect) the agreement between the union and management to end the strike.
2. His mother was __________ (adverse, averse) to his seeing that girl.
3. The ministerial __________ (aid, aide) had __________ (already, all ready) made the a report.
4. In __________ ( addition, edition) to his ability to __________ ( adapt, adept, adopt) to new things, he is very (adapt, adept, adopt)_______________ at ______________ (adapt, adept, adopt) new ideas and changing them to his liking.
5. When the reporter __________ (allude, elude) to how the robber had __________ (allude, elude) police, the official became __________ (aggravate, irritate) but __________ (assure, insure) him that the robber was already caught.
6. __________ (As, Like) part of its __________ (ad, add) , the car dealership said it was __________ (already, all ready) to sell its __________ ( access, excess ) automobiles to the Police department. At the announcement, one reporter asked why it didn't lower __________ ( it's, its ) prices instead in order to __________ ( lessen, lesson) the __________ (affect, effect) the cost had had on the tax payer.
7. Stopping flyers who are __________ (accede, exceed) their weight limit is an __________(every day, everyday) situation for an airline attendant.
8. He had to __________ (quiet, quit, quite) due to his illness.