Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 125 · 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: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
2. 2.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
4. 4.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
5. 5.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
6. 6.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
7. 7.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
9. 9.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
10. 10.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
11. 11.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
12. 12.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
13. 13.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
15. 15.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
16. 16.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
17. 17.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
18. 18.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
19. 19.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
20. 20.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
24. 24.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
25. 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
27. 27.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
28. 28.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
29. 29.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
30. 30.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
31. 31.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
32. 32.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
33. 33.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
34. 34.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
35. 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
36. 36.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
38. 38.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
39. 39.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where

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