Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 471 · 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: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
3. 3.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
4. 4.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
6. 6.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
7. 7.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
8. 8.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
11. 11.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
12. 12.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
13. 13.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
14. 14.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
15. 15.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
16. 16.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
18. 18.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
19. 19.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
20. 20.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
21. 21.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
22. 22.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
24. 24.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
25. 25.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
26. 26.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
28. 28.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
29. 29.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
30. 30.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
31. 31.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
32. 32.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
34. 34.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
35. 35.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
36. 36.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
37. 37.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
38. 38.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
39. 39.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
40. 40.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose

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