Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 317 · 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 family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
2. 2.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
5. 5.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
6. 6.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
8. 8.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
10. 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
11. 11.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
14. 14.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
15. 15.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
16. 16.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
17. 17.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
18. 18.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
19. 19.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
22. 22.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
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: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
26. 26.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
27. 27.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
29. 29.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
30. 30.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
31. 31.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
33. 33.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
35. 35.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
36. 36.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
37. 37.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
38. 38.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
39. 39.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
40. 40.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt

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