Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 426 · 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) except (b) accept
2. 2.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
3. 3.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
4. 4.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
8. 8.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
9. 9.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
10. 10.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
11. 11.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
13. 13.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
14. 14.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
15. 15.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
17. 17.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
21. 21.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
22. 22.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
25. 25.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
26. 26.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
27. 27.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
28. 28.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
31. 31.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
33. 33.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
34. 34.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
35. 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
37. 37.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
38. 38.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
40. 40.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth

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