Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 189 · 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: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
2. 2.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
3. 3.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
4. 4.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
5. 5.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
7. 7.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
8. 8.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
9. 9.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
10. 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
11. 11.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
14. 14.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
15. 15.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
16. 16.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
17. 17.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
18. 18.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
20. 20.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
21. 21.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
22. 22.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
23. 23.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
24. 24.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
25. 25.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
27. 27.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
28. 28.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
30. 30.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
31. 31.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
33. 33.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
34. 34.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
36. 36.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
37. 37.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
38. 38.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
39. 39.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
40. 40.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair

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