Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 472 · 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: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
2. 2.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
3. 3.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
5. 5.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
6. 6.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
7. 7.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
8. 8.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
9. 9.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
10. 10.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
11. 11.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
12. 12.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
13. 13.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
14. 14.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
15. 15.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
17. 17.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
19. 19.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
20. 20.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
21. 21.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
22. 22.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
23. 23.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
25. 25.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
26. 26.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
29. 29.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
30. 30.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
31. 31.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
32. 32.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
33. 33.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
34. 34.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
35. 35.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
36. 36.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
37. 37.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
38. 38.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
39. 39.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly

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