Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 235 · 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 doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
5. 5.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
8. 8.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
9. 9.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
10. 10.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
12. 12.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
14. 14.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
16. 16.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
17. 17.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
19. 19.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
20. 20.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
23. 23.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
25. 25.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
26. 26.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
27. 27.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
28. 28.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
34. 34.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
35. 35.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
37. 37.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
38. 38.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
39. 39.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
40. 40.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert

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