Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 170 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
3. 3.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
4. 4.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
5. 5.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
9. 9.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
10. 10.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
11. 11.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
13. 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
18. 18.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
22. 22.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
23. 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
24. 24.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
25. 25.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
27. 27.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
29. 29.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
31. 31.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
32. 32.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
33. 33.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
34. 34.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
35. 35.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
36. 36.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
37. 37.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
38. 38.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
39. 39.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides

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