Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 277 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
2. 2.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
4. 4.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
6. 6.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
9. 9.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
13. 13.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
14. 14.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
15. 15.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
17. 17.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
18. 18.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
20. 20.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
22. 22.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
25. 25.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
26. 26.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
27. 27.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
28. 28.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
29. 29.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
32. 32.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
33. 33.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
34. 34.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
35. 35.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
36. 36.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
38. 38.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
39. 39.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
40. 40.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy

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