Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 415 · 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 best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
2. 2.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
3. 3.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
4. 4.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
5. 5.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
6. 6.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
8. 8.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
9. 9.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
11. 11.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
12. 12.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
13. 13.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
14. 14.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
16. 16.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
17. 17.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
20. 20.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
22. 22.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
25. 25.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
27. 27.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
30. 30.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
31. 31.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
32. 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
34. 34.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
36. 36.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
37. 37.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
38. 38.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
39. 39.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
40. 40.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose

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