Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 127 · 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: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
3. 3.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
4. 4.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
6. 6.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
8. 8.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
9. 9.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
11. 11.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
13. 13.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
14. 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
16. 16.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
17. 17.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
19. 19.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
22. 22.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
24. 24.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
28. 28.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
29. 29.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
31. 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
32. 32.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
33. 33.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
36. 36.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
37. 37.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
38. 38.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
40. 40.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy

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