Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 405 · 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 bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
2. 2.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
4. 4.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
5. 5.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
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 doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
9. 9.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
10. 10.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
11. 11.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
12. 12.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
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 cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
15. 15.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
16. 16.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
17. 17.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
18. 18.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
19. 19.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
22. 22.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
24. 24.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
26. 26.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
27. 27.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
28. 28.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
29. 29.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
30. 30.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
31. 31.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
33. 33.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
35. 35.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
36. 36.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
37. 37.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
38. 38.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally

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