Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 233 · 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 plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
2. 2.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
6. 6.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
7. 7.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
8. 8.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
9. 9.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
10. 10.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
11. 11.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
13. 13.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
16. 16.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
19. 19.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
20. 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
21. 21.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
22. 22.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
23. 23.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
26. 26.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
27. 27.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
28. 28.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
29. 29.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
30. 30.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
31. 31.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
32. 32.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
34. 34.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
36. 36.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
37. 37.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
39. 39.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
40. 40.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes

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