Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 117 · 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: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
2. 2.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
3. 3.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
5. 5.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
6. 6.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
7. 7.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
9. 9.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
10. 10.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
11. 11.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
13. 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
14. 14.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
20. 20.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
22. 22.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
24. 24.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
25. 25.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
26. 26.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
27. 27.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
28. 28.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
29. 29.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
30. 30.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
32. 32.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
34. 34.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
35. 35.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
36. 36.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
37. 37.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
38. 38.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly

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