Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 323 · 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: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
2. 2.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
3. 3.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
5. 5.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
6. 6.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
7. 7.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
9. 9.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
11. 11.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
13. 13.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
14. 14.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
16. 16.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
17. 17.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
18. 18.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
19. 19.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
21. 21.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
22. 22.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
23. 23.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
25. 25.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
26. 26.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
27. 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
28. 28.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
29. 29.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
30. 30.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
31. 31.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
32. 32.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
33. 33.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
34. 34.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
35. 35.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
36. 36.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
40. 40.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready

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