Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 293 · 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: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
3. 3.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
4. 4.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
5. 5.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
6. 6.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
10. 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
11. 11.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
12. 12.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
15. 15.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
16. 16.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
18. 18.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
19. 19.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
20. 20.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
21. 21.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
22. 22.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
23. 23.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
24. 24.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
25. 25.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
26. 26.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
27. 27.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
30. 30.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
31. 31.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
33. 33.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
34. 34.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
35. 35.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
36. 36.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
37. 37.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
39. 39.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
40. 40.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope

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