Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 159 · 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) stationery (b) stationary
2. 2.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
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: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
6. 6.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
7. 7.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
8. 8.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
9. 9.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
11. 11.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
12. 12.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
13. 13.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
14. 14.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
15. 15.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
16. 16.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
18. 18.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
19. 19.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
22. 22.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
24. 24.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
25. 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
26. 26.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
27. 27.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
29. 29.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
33. 33.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
35. 35.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
36. 36.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
37. 37.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
38. 38.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
39. 39.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
40. 40.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert

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