Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 26 · 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: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
2. 2.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
3. 3.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
6. 6.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
7. 7.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
8. 8.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
9. 9.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
11. 11.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
12. 12.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
13. 13.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
14. 14.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
18. 18.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
19. 19.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
20. 20.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
21. 21.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
23. 23.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
24. 24.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
25. 25.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
26. 26.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
27. 27.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
28. 28.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
29. 29.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
30. 30.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
31. 31.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
32. 32.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
34. 34.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
36. 36.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
37. 37.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
40. 40.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend

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