Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 278 · 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: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
2. 2.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
3. 3.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
4. 4.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
8. 8.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
10. 10.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
11. 11.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
12. 12.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
13. 13.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
14. 14.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
15. 15.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
16. 16.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
17. 17.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
18. 18.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
19. 19.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
20. 20.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
21. 21.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
23. 23.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
25. 25.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
26. 26.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
28. 28.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
30. 30.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
31. 31.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
33. 33.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
34. 34.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
35. 35.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
36. 36.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
37. 37.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
38. 38.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
39. 39.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
40. 40.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect

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