Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 208 · 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: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
2. 2.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
3. 3.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
5. 5.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
6. 6.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
7. 7.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
8. 8.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
9. 9.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
10. 10.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
14. 14.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
16. 16.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
17. 17.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
20. 20.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
22. 22.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
24. 24.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
25. 25.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
28. 28.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
29. 29.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
30. 30.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
31. 31.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
33. 33.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
35. 35.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
37. 37.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
38. 38.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
40. 40.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder

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