Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 364 · 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 family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
2. 2.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
3. 3.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
4. 4.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
5. 5.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
6. 6.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
9. 9.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
10. 10.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
11. 11.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
12. 12.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
13. 13.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
14. 14.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
16. 16.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
17. 17.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
18. 18.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
19. 19.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
20. 20.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
21. 21.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
23. 23.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
25. 25.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
27. 27.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
29. 29.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
30. 30.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
31. 31.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
32. 32.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
35. 35.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
36. 36.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
37. 37.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
38. 38.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
39. 39.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
40. 40.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope

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