Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 120 · 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: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
3. 3.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
4. 4.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
6. 6.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
7. 7.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
8. 8.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
9. 9.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
10. 10.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
11. 11.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
12. 12.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
13. 13.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
15. 15.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
16. 16.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
17. 17.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
18. 18.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
19. 19.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
20. 20.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
24. 24.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
25. 25.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
26. 26.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
28. 28.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
30. 30.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
33. 33.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
34. 34.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
36. 36.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
37. 37.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
38. 38.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
39. 39.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
40. 40.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake

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