Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 157 · 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: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
2. 2.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
3. 3.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
5. 5.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
6. 6.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
7. 7.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
9. 9.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
10. 10.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
11. 11.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
17. 17.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
18. 18.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
19. 19.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
21. 21.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
23. 23.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
24. 24.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
25. 25.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
26. 26.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
27. 27.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
28. 28.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
29. 29.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
30. 30.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
31. 31.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
34. 34.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
36. 36.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course

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