Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 130 · 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 teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
2. 2.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
3. 3.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
6. 6.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
8. 8.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
9. 9.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
10. 10.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
11. 11.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
14. 14.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
15. 15.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
16. 16.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
17. 17.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
18. 18.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
19. 19.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
20. 20.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
21. 21.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
23. 23.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
24. 24.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
26. 26.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
28. 28.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
31. 31.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
32. 32.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
33. 33.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
34. 34.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
35. 35.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
36. 36.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
38. 38.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
39. 39.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
40. 40.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet

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