Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 195 · 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: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
2. 2.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
3. 3.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
6. 6.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
7. 7.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
8. 8.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
9. 9.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
10. 10.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
14. 14.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
16. 16.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
19. 19.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
20. 20.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
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: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
25. 25.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
27. 27.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
28. 28.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
30. 30.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
32. 32.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
33. 33.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
34. 34.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
35. 35.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
36. 36.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
38. 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
39. 39.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
40. 40.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning

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