Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 214 · 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 ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
3. 3.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
4. 4.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
5. 5.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
6. 6.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
7. 7.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
8. 8.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
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: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
11. 11.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
12. 12.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
13. 13.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
14. 14.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
15. 15.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
16. 16.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
18. 18.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
19. 19.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
20. 20.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
21. 21.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
23. 23.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
24. 24.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
25. 25.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
33. 33.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
37. 37.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
38. 38.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
39. 39.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
40. 40.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes

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