Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 212 · 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 guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
2. 2.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
3. 3.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
7. 7.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
8. 8.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
9. 9.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
10. 10.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
11. 11.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
12. 12.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
14. 14.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
15. 15.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
16. 16.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
18. 18.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
19. 19.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
20. 20.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
21. 21.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
22. 22.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
25. 25.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
26. 26.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
27. 27.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
28. 28.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
29. 29.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
31. 31.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
32. 32.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
33. 33.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
37. 37.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
38. 38.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
39. 39.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented

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