Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 325 · 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: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
3. 3.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
4. 4.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
5. 5.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
6. 6.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
7. 7.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
8. 8.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
10. 10.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
12. 12.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
13. 13.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
15. 15.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
17. 17.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
18. 18.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
19. 19.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
20. 20.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
21. 21.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
22. 22.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
23. 23.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
24. 24.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
26. 26.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
27. 27.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
28. 28.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
30. 30.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
31. 31.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
32. 32.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
33. 33.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
34. 34.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
35. 35.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
36. 36.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
38. 38.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
39. 39.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying

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