Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 309 · 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) personnel (b) personal
2. 2.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
3. 3.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
4. 4.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
5. 5.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
6. 6.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
7. 7.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
9. 9.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
10. 10.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
11. 11.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
12. 12.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
13. 13.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
14. 14.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
16. 16.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
17. 17.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
18. 18.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
19. 19.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
21. 21.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
22. 22.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
25. 25.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
26. 26.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
27. 27.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
28. 28.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
29. 29.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
31. 31.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
32. 32.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
35. 35.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
36. 36.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
37. 37.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
38. 38.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally

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