Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 1 · 40 questions

Word tip (Meaning first, then spelling): Decide what the sentence needs: an action (verb) or a thing (noun)? affect / advise are verbs; effect / advice are nouns. Use memory tricks: stationEry has e for envelopes; stationAry has a for “at rest”; dessert has a double s for “sweet stuff”. Read the finished sentence and check the meaning.

1. 1.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
2. 2.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
3. 3.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
4. 4.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
5. 5.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
6. 6.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
7. 7.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
8. 8.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
9. 9.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
11. 11.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
13. 13.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
15. 15.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
16. 16.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
17. 17.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
19. 19.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
22. 22.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
23. 23.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
24. 24.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
25. 25.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
26. 26.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
27. 27.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
28. 28.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
29. 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
31. 31.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
32. 32.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
33. 33.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
37. 37.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
38. 38.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
39. 39.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
40. 40.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt

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