Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 291 · 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: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
2. 2.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
3. 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
5. 5.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
6. 6.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
7. 7.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
8. 8.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
9. 9.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
10. 10.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
11. 11.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
14. 14.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
15. 15.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
17. 17.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
18. 18.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
19. 19.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
20. 20.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
21. 21.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
22. 22.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
23. 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
24. 24.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
25. 25.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
26. 26.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
27. 27.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
28. 28.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
29. 29.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
30. 30.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
31. 31.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
32. 32.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
33. 33.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
34. 34.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
35. 35.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
37. 37.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
38. 38.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course

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