Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 226 · 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: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
2. 2.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
4. 4.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
8. 8.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
10. 10.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
11. 11.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
13. 13.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
14. 14.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
15. 15.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
17. 17.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
18. 18.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
20. 20.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
22. 22.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
23. 23.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
24. 24.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
26. 26.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
27. 27.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
28. 28.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
29. 29.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
31. 31.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
32. 32.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
33. 33.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
35. 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
38. 38.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
39. 39.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair

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