Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 392 · 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: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
4. 4.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
6. 6.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
7. 7.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
8. 8.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
9. 9.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
10. 10.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
11. 11.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
12. 12.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
13. 13.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
14. 14.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
17. 17.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
18. 18.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
19. 19.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
20. 20.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
21. 21.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
23. 23.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
24. 24.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
25. 25.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
26. 26.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
29. 29.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
30. 30.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
31. 31.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
32. 32.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
33. 33.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
36. 36.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
37. 37.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
38. 38.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
39. 39.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
40. 40.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth

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