Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 290 · 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: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
2. 2.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
3. 3.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
4. 4.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
5. 5.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
6. 6.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
7. 7.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
9. 9.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
11. 11.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
14. 14.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
16. 16.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
18. 18.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
19. 19.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
20. 20.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
21. 21.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
22. 22.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
23. 23.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
24. 24.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
26. 26.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
27. 27.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
28. 28.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
31. 31.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
32. 32.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
34. 34.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
36. 36.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
38. 38.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
39. 39.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
40. 40.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter

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