Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 172 · 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: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
3. 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
5. 5.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
6. 6.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
8. 8.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
9. 9.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
10. 10.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
11. 11.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
13. 13.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
14. 14.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
17. 17.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
18. 18.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
19. 19.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
21. 21.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
22. 22.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
23. 23.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
24. 24.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
25. 25.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
26. 26.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
27. 27.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
28. 28.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
29. 29.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
30. 30.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
31. 31.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
33. 33.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
34. 34.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
36. 36.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
37. 37.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
38. 38.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
39. 39.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
40. 40.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral

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