Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 16 · 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 ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
4. 4.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
6. 6.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
7. 7.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
8. 8.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
9. 9.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
10. 10.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
11. 11.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
12. 12.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
13. 13.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
14. 14.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
15. 15.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
17. 17.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
20. 20.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
24. 24.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
25. 25.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
27. 27.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
29. 29.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
31. 31.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
32. 32.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
33. 33.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
34. 34.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
35. 35.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
36. 36.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
37. 37.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
38. 38.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
39. 39.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
40. 40.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter

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