Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 332 · 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: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
3. 3.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
5. 5.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
6. 6.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
9. 9.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
12. 12.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
13. 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
14. 14.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
15. 15.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
16. 16.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
17. 17.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
18. 18.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
20. 20.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
21. 21.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
22. 22.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
23. 23.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
24. 24.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
25. 25.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
26. 26.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
28. 28.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
33. 33.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
34. 34.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
35. 35.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
36. 36.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
37. 37.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
40. 40.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander

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