Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 262 · 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: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
3. 3.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
5. 5.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
8. 8.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
9. 9.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
10. 10.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
11. 11.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
12. 12.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
13. 13.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
14. 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
15. 15.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
16. 16.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
18. 18.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
19. 19.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
20. 20.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
21. 21.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
22. 22.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
23. 23.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
26. 26.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
27. 27.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
28. 28.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
32. 32.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
33. 33.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
35. 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
36. 36.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
37. 37.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
38. 38.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
39. 39.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
40. 40.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair

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