Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 180 · 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: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
3. 3.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
4. 4.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
5. 5.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
7. 7.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
8. 8.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
9. 9.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
10. 10.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
12. 12.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
13. 13.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
19. 19.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
21. 21.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
22. 22.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
24. 24.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
27. 27.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
29. 29.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
30. 30.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
31. 31.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
33. 33.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
34. 34.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
35. 35.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
36. 36.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
38. 38.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
39. 39.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
40. 40.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth

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