Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 42 · 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: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
2. 2.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
4. 4.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
5. 5.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
6. 6.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
9. 9.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
10. 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
11. 11.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
12. 12.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
13. 13.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
14. 14.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
15. 15.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
16. 16.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
18. 18.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
19. 19.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
21. 21.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
22. 22.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
23. 23.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
24. 24.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
25. 25.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
26. 26.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
27. 27.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
28. 28.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
29. 29.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
30. 30.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
31. 31.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
32. 32.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
33. 33.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
34. 34.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
35. 35.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
36. 36.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede

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