Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 113 · 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: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
2. 2.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
3. 3.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
4. 4.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
5. 5.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
6. 6.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
7. 7.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
8. 8.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
10. 10.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
12. 12.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
13. 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
14. 14.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
15. 15.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
16. 16.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
17. 17.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
18. 18.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
19. 19.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
20. 20.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
24. 24.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
25. 25.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
27. 27.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
28. 28.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
29. 29.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
31. 31.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
32. 32.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
35. 35.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
36. 36.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
37. 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
38. 38.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
39. 39.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
40. 40.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break

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