Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 251 · 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 award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
2. 2.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
3. 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
4. 4.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
5. 5.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
6. 6.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
8. 8.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
9. 9.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
10. 10.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
12. 12.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
14. 14.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
15. 15.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
16. 16.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
20. 20.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
21. 21.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
22. 22.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
23. 23.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
24. 24.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
25. 25.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
26. 26.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
27. 27.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
28. 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
30. 30.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
32. 32.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
34. 34.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
35. 35.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
36. 36.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
37. 37.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
38. 38.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
39. 39.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except

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