Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 365 · 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: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
2. 2.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
3. 3.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
4. 4.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
5. 5.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
6. 6.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
7. 7.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
8. 8.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
9. 9.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
10. 10.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
11. 11.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
14. 14.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
16. 16.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
17. 17.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
18. 18.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
21. 21.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
22. 22.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
23. 23.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
24. 24.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
25. 25.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
27. 27.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
28. 28.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
29. 29.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
30. 30.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
32. 32.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
33. 33.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
34. 34.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
35. 35.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
36. 36.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
37. 37.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
38. 38.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
39. 39.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
40. 40.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth

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