Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 409 · 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 sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
3. 3.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
4. 4.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
6. 6.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
7. 7.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
8. 8.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
9. 9.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
10. 10.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
11. 11.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
12. 12.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
13. 13.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
15. 15.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
16. 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
17. 17.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
19. 19.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
20. 20.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
23. 23.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
24. 24.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
25. 25.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
26. 26.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
27. 27.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
28. 28.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
29. 29.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
32. 32.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
33. 33.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
36. 36.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
40. 40.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning

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