Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 329 · 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 ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
2. 2.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
3. 3.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
5. 5.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
8. 8.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
9. 9.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
10. 10.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
13. 13.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
14. 14.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
15. 15.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
16. 16.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
18. 18.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
20. 20.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
22. 22.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
23. 23.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
28. 28.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
29. 29.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
30. 30.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
32. 32.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
33. 33.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
34. 34.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
37. 37.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
38. 38.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
39. 39.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
40. 40.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect

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