Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 338 · 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 children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
2. 2.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
3. 3.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
4. 4.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
5. 5.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
6. 6.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
7. 7.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
8. 8.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
9. 9.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
11. 11.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
12. 12.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
13. 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
14. 14.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
15. 15.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
16. 16.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
17. 17.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
18. 18.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
19. 19.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
22. 22.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
24. 24.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
25. 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
26. 26.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
30. 30.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
31. 31.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
32. 32.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
36. 36.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
37. 37.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
40. 40.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal

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