Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 380 · 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: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
2. 2.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
3. 3.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
4. 4.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
5. 5.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
6. 6.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
7. 7.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
8. 8.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
9. 9.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
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 sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
12. 12.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
13. 13.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
14. 14.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
16. 16.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
17. 17.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
18. 18.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
20. 20.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
21. 21.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
22. 22.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
23. 23.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
24. 24.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
25. 25.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
29. 29.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
30. 30.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
31. 31.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
32. 32.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
34. 34.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
35. 35.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
39. 39.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
40. 40.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're

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