PTE Academic Expert B1 Module 1 Practice Test

This question tests understanding of verbs that express influencing or bringing about a change. The word that means to influence or cause a change is affect. When something affects something else, it changes how that thing is or behaves—for example, a new policy can affect employee morale, or weather can affect the outcome of an event. The other options have different meanings: translate is about converting language, brand is about marking or creating a brand identity, and important describes significance rather than causing a change. So affect is the best fit for “to cause a change.”