Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 305 · 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: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
2. 2.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
3. 3.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
4. 4.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
6. 6.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
7. 7.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
9. 9.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
10. 10.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
11. 11.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
12. 12.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
13. 13.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
14. 14.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
16. 16.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
17. 17.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
18. 18.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
19. 19.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
20. 20.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
22. 22.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
23. 23.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
24. 24.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
25. 25.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
26. 26.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
27. 27.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
28. 28.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
29. 29.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
30. 30.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
31. 31.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
32. 32.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
34. 34.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
35. 35.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
36. 36.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
37. 37.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
38. 38.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
39. 39.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your

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