Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 383 · 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: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
2. 2.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
4. 4.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
8. 8.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
10. 10.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
12. 12.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
13. 13.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
14. 14.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
15. 15.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
16. 16.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
17. 17.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
18. 18.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
20. 20.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
22. 22.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
23. 23.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
26. 26.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
27. 27.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
30. 30.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
32. 32.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
33. 33.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
35. 35.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
36. 36.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
37. 37.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
38. 38.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
40. 40.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt

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