Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 167 · 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: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
2. 2.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
4. 4.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
5. 5.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
6. 6.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
7. 7.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
9. 9.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
10. 10.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
11. 11.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
12. 12.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
13. 13.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
16. 16.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
18. 18.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
19. 19.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
21. 21.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
22. 22.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
23. 23.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
24. 24.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
25. 25.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
27. 27.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
28. 28.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
30. 30.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
31. 31.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
32. 32.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
34. 34.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
37. 37.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
38. 38.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
39. 39.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
40. 40.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented

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