Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 178 · 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 best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
2. 2.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
3. 3.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
4. 4.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
5. 5.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
6. 6.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
7. 7.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
9. 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
10. 10.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
12. 12.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
13. 13.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
14. 14.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
15. 15.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
16. 16.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
20. 20.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
21. 21.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
23. 23.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
24. 24.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
25. 25.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
26. 26.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
27. 27.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
28. 28.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
29. 29.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
30. 30.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
31. 31.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
32. 32.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
33. 33.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
34. 34.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
36. 36.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
37. 37.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (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: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
40. 40.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery

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