Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 198 · 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: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
2. 2.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
3. 3.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
4. 4.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
6. 6.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
8. 8.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
9. 9.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
10. 10.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
11. 11.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
12. 12.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
14. 14.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
15. 15.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
16. 16.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
17. 17.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
20. 20.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
22. 22.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
23. 23.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
27. 27.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
29. 29.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
30. 30.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
31. 31.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
32. 32.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
33. 33.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
34. 34.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
35. 35.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
36. 36.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
37. 37.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
39. 39.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
40. 40.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt

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