Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 35 · 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 test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
2. 2.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
7. 7.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
9. 9.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
10. 10.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
11. 11.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
12. 12.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
13. 13.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
14. 14.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
15. 15.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
17. 17.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
18. 18.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
19. 19.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
20. 20.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
21. 21.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
22. 22.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
23. 23.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
24. 24.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
25. 25.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
26. 26.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
27. 27.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
28. 28.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
31. 31.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
32. 32.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
36. 36.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
37. 37.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
38. 38.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
39. 39.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its

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