Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 133 · 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: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
2. 2.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
3. 3.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
6. 6.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
8. 8.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
9. 9.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
10. 10.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
12. 12.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
15. 15.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
16. 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
18. 18.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
19. 19.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
21. 21.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
23. 23.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
24. 24.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
26. 26.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
31. 31.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
32. 32.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
33. 33.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
34. 34.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
35. 35.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
36. 36.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
37. 37.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
38. 38.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
39. 39.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
40. 40.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise

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