Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 47 · 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 goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
3. 3.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
4. 4.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
5. 5.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
6. 6.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
9. 9.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
10. 10.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
11. 11.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
13. 13.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
14. 14.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
16. 16.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
17. 17.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
19. 19.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
22. 22.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
23. 23.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
24. 24.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
25. 25.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
26. 26.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
28. 28.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
29. 29.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
30. 30.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
31. 31.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
32. 32.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
33. 33.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
34. 34.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
35. 35.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
37. 37.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
38. 38.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
39. 39.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
40. 40.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect

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