Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 451 · 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: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
3. 3.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
4. 4.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
6. 6.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
7. 7.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
8. 8.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
9. 9.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
10. 10.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
13. 13.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
17. 17.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
18. 18.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
20. 20.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
21. 21.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
23. 23.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
24. 24.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
26. 26.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
28. 28.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
29. 29.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
30. 30.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
31. 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
32. 32.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
33. 33.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
34. 34.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
35. 35.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
36. 36.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
37. 37.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
38. 38.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
39. 39.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course

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