Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 456 · 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: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
4. 4.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
5. 5.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
6. 6.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
7. 7.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
11. 11.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
13. 13.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
14. 14.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
15. 15.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
16. 16.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
17. 17.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
18. 18.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
19. 19.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
20. 20.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
21. 21.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
22. 22.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
24. 24.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
27. 27.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
28. 28.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
30. 30.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
31. 31.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
32. 32.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
33. 33.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
34. 34.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
36. 36.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
37. 37.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your

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