Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 124 · 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 goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
2. 2.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
3. 3.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
5. 5.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
6. 6.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
7. 7.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
8. 8.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
10. 10.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
11. 11.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
13. 13.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
15. 15.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
17. 17.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
18. 18.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
19. 19.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
20. 20.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
21. 21.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
23. 23.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
25. 25.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
26. 26.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
27. 27.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
29. 29.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
31. 31.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
33. 33.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
34. 34.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
35. 35.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
36. 36.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
37. 37.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
38. 38.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
40. 40.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except

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