Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 300 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
3. 3.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
4. 4.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
5. 5.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
6. 6.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
7. 7.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
8. 8.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
9. 9.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
10. 10.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
11. 11.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
12. 12.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
14. 14.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
15. 15.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
16. 16.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
17. 17.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
18. 18.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
19. 19.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
21. 21.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
22. 22.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
23. 23.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
24. 24.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
26. 26.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
28. 28.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
29. 29.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
31. 31.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
32. 32.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
33. 33.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
36. 36.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
37. 37.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse

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