Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 207 · 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 priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
4. 4.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
6. 6.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
7. 7.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
9. 9.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
10. 10.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
12. 12.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
14. 14.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
16. 16.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
18. 18.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
19. 19.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
20. 20.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
21. 21.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
22. 22.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
23. 23.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
25. 25.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
26. 26.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
27. 27.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
28. 28.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
30. 30.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
33. 33.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
35. 35.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
36. 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
37. 37.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
38. 38.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
40. 40.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite

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