Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 43 · 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 guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
2. 2.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
4. 4.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
7. 7.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
8. 8.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
9. 9.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
10. 10.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
12. 12.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
14. 14.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
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: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
18. 18.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
19. 19.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
20. 20.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
22. 22.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
23. 23.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
24. 24.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
28. 28.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
30. 30.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
31. 31.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
32. 32.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
33. 33.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
34. 34.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
36. 36.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
37. 37.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
38. 38.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
39. 39.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its

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