Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 274 · 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 plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
2. 2.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
6. 6.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
7. 7.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
8. 8.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
9. 9.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
11. 11.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
12. 12.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
14. 14.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
17. 17.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
20. 20.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
21. 21.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
22. 22.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
23. 23.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
24. 24.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
25. 25.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
26. 26.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
27. 27.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
29. 29.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
30. 30.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
31. 31.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
32. 32.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
33. 33.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
34. 34.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
35. 35.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
36. 36.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
37. 37.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
40. 40.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt

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