Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 185 · 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: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
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 plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
5. 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
6. 6.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
8. 8.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
9. 9.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
10. 10.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
11. 11.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
13. 13.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
14. 14.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
15. 15.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
16. 16.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
17. 17.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
18. 18.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
19. 19.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
20. 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
25. 25.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
27. 27.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
28. 28.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
29. 29.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
30. 30.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
33. 33.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
34. 34.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
35. 35.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
36. 36.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
39. 39.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
40. 40.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then

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