Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 458 · 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: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
2. 2.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
3. 3.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
5. 5.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
8. 8.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
9. 9.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
10. 10.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
11. 11.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
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: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
14. 14.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
15. 15.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
16. 16.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
17. 17.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
20. 20.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
21. 21.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
23. 23.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
24. 24.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
25. 25.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
26. 26.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
27. 27.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
28. 28.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
29. 29.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
30. 30.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
31. 31.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
32. 32.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
33. 33.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
34. 34.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
35. 35.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
37. 37.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
39. 39.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder

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