Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 23 · 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: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
3. 3.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
4. 4.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
6. 6.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
7. 7.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
8. 8.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
9. 9.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
10. 10.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
11. 11.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
12. 12.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
13. 13.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
14. 14.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
15. 15.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
16. 16.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
17. 17.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
18. 18.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
19. 19.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
20. 20.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
23. 23.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
24. 24.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
25. 25.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
26. 26.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
27. 27.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
31. 31.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
32. 32.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
33. 33.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
34. 34.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
35. 35.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
38. 38.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
39. 39.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
40. 40.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than

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