Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 141 · 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: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
3. 3.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
4. 4.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
7. 7.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
10. 10.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
11. 11.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
12. 12.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
14. 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
15. 15.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
17. 17.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
20. 20.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
22. 22.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
26. 26.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
29. 29.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
30. 30.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
31. 31.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
33. 33.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
34. 34.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
35. 35.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
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: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
40. 40.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past

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