Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 246 · 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: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
4. 4.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
5. 5.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
6. 6.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
8. 8.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
11. 11.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
12. 12.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
13. 13.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
14. 14.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
16. 16.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
17. 17.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
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: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
21. 21.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
22. 22.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
23. 23.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
24. 24.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
25. 25.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
27. 27.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
28. 28.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
29. 29.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
30. 30.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
31. 31.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
32. 32.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
33. 33.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
35. 35.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
36. 36.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise

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