Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 209 · 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 medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
2. 2.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
3. 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
4. 4.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
5. 5.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
6. 6.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
8. 8.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
10. 10.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
11. 11.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
12. 12.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
13. 13.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
14. 14.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
15. 15.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
21. 21.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
22. 22.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
24. 24.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
26. 26.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
27. 27.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
28. 28.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
30. 30.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
31. 31.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
32. 32.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
34. 34.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
35. 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
36. 36.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
37. 37.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
39. 39.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
40. 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready

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