Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 292 · 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 guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
2. 2.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
3. 3.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
4. 4.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
6. 6.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
7. 7.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
10. 10.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
11. 11.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
12. 12.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
13. 13.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
14. 14.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
15. 15.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
17. 17.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
18. 18.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
20. 20.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
21. 21.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
22. 22.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
24. 24.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
25. 25.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
27. 27.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
28. 28.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
29. 29.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
30. 30.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
31. 31.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
32. 32.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
33. 33.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
35. 35.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
37. 37.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
38. 38.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
39. 39.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle

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