Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 318 · 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) adapt (b) adopt
2. 2.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
3. 3.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
5. 5.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
6. 6.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
7. 7.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
8. 8.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
9. 9.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
11. 11.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
12. 12.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
13. 13.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
14. 14.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
16. 16.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
18. 18.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
20. 20.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
22. 22.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
23. 23.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
27. 27.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
28. 28.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
31. 31.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
32. 32.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
33. 33.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
34. 34.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
35. 35.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
36. 36.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
40. 40.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet

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