Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 287 · 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 family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
2. 2.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
4. 4.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
5. 5.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
7. 7.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
8. 8.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
10. 10.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
11. 11.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
13. 13.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
14. 14.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
17. 17.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
19. 19.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
20. 20.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
21. 21.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
22. 22.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
24. 24.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
26. 26.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
28. 28.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
29. 29.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
32. 32.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
33. 33.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
34. 34.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
35. 35.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
36. 36.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
37. 37.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
38. 38.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
39. 39.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning

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