Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 406 · 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: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
2. 2.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
3. 3.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
4. 4.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
6. 6.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
7. 7.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
8. 8.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
9. 9.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
11. 11.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
14. 14.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
15. 15.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
16. 16.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
17. 17.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
18. 18.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
19. 19.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
20. 20.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
21. 21.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
24. 24.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
25. 25.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
26. 26.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
28. 28.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
29. 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
30. 30.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
31. 31.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
33. 33.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
34. 34.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
37. 37.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented

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