Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 320 · 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: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
2. 2.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
3. 3.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
4. 4.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
5. 5.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
6. 6.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
8. 8.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
10. 10.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
11. 11.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
12. 12.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
15. 15.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
16. 16.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
18. 18.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
19. 19.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
20. 20.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
21. 21.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
22. 22.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
23. 23.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
24. 24.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
25. 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
26. 26.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
28. 28.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
30. 30.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
31. 31.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
32. 32.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
33. 33.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
34. 34.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
35. 35.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
36. 36.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
38. 38.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
40. 40.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented

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