Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 174 · 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) affect (b) effect
2. 2.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
3. 3.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
4. 4.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
5. 5.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
6. 6.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
7. 7.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
8. 8.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
9. 9.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
10. 10.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
12. 12.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
13. 13.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
15. 15.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
16. 16.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
18. 18.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
20. 20.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
21. 21.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
22. 22.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
23. 23.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
25. 25.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
27. 27.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
31. 31.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
32. 32.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
33. 33.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
34. 34.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
35. 35.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
36. 36.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
37. 37.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
38. 38.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
39. 39.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
40. 40.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes

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