Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 139 · 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 goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
2. 2.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
3. 3.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
4. 4.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
6. 6.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
7. 7.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
8. 8.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
10. 10.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
11. 11.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
13. 13.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
14. 14.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
15. 15.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
16. 16.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
17. 17.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
18. 18.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
19. 19.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
22. 22.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
23. 23.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
24. 24.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
25. 25.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
30. 30.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
32. 32.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
33. 33.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
35. 35.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
36. 36.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
37. 37.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
38. 38.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
39. 39.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where

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