Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 27 · 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 priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
2. 2.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
5. 5.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
6. 6.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
8. 8.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
10. 10.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
15. 15.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
16. 16.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
17. 17.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
18. 18.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
19. 19.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
20. 20.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
21. 21.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
22. 22.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
24. 24.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
25. 25.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
26. 26.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
29. 29.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
30. 30.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
31. 31.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
33. 33.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
34. 34.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
35. 35.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
37. 37.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
38. 38.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
39. 39.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
40. 40.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept

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