Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 425 · 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: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
2. 2.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
3. 3.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
4. 4.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
5. 5.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
6. 6.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
7. 7.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
8. 8.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
10. 10.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
11. 11.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
12. 12.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
13. 13.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
14. 14.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
15. 15.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
16. 16.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
18. 18.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
19. 19.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
20. 20.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
22. 22.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
23. 23.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
24. 24.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
25. 25.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
26. 26.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
27. 27.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
29. 29.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
31. 31.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
33. 33.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
34. 34.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
35. 35.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
36. 36.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
37. 37.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
38. 38.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
40. 40.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than

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