Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 158 · 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 bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
2. 2.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
5. 5.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
6. 6.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
7. 7.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
8. 8.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
9. 9.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
10. 10.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
13. 13.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
14. 14.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
15. 15.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
16. 16.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
17. 17.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
18. 18.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
19. 19.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
20. 20.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
22. 22.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
24. 24.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
25. 25.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
26. 26.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
27. 27.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
28. 28.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
31. 31.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
32. 32.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
33. 33.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
34. 34.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
35. 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
37. 37.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying

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