Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 336 · 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: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
2. 2.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
5. 5.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
6. 6.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
8. 8.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
9. 9.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
10. 10.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
11. 11.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
12. 12.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
14. 14.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
15. 15.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
17. 17.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
18. 18.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
19. 19.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
21. 21.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
22. 22.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
23. 23.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
24. 24.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
26. 26.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
27. 27.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
28. 28.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
29. 29.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
33. 33.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
34. 34.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
36. 36.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
37. 37.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
38. 38.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
39. 39.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
40. 40.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope

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