Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 134 · 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 sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
3. 3.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
4. 4.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
5. 5.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
6. 6.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
7. 7.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
8. 8.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
10. 10.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
13. 13.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
14. 14.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
15. 15.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
16. 16.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
18. 18.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
19. 19.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
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: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
22. 22.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
23. 23.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
24. 24.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
25. 25.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
26. 26.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
27. 27.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
28. 28.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
31. 31.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
32. 32.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
33. 33.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
35. 35.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
36. 36.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
37. 37.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
38. 38.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented

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