Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 19 · 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: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
2. 2.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
4. 4.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
5. 5.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
8. 8.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
9. 9.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
10. 10.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
12. 12.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
13. 13.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
14. 14.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
15. 15.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
17. 17.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
18. 18.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
19. 19.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
23. 23.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
24. 24.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
26. 26.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
27. 27.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
28. 28.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
29. 29.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
30. 30.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
31. 31.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
32. 32.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
33. 33.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
35. 35.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
36. 36.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
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: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
39. 39.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
40. 40.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally

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