Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 137 · 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: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
2. 2.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
4. 4.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
5. 5.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
6. 6.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
7. 7.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
8. 8.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
10. 10.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
11. 11.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
12. 12.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
13. 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
14. 14.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
15. 15.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
17. 17.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
18. 18.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
19. 19.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
20. 20.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
24. 24.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
25. 25.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
27. 27.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
28. 28.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
29. 29.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
31. 31.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
32. 32.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
33. 33.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
34. 34.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
35. 35.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
36. 36.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
38. 38.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
40. 40.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented

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