Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 480 · 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 medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
3. 3.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
4. 4.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
5. 5.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
6. 6.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
7. 7.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
8. 8.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
9. 9.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
10. 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
11. 11.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
13. 13.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
15. 15.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
16. 16.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
17. 17.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
18. 18.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
19. 19.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
20. 20.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
21. 21.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
22. 22.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
23. 23.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
24. 24.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
25. 25.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
26. 26.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
29. 29.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
30. 30.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
31. 31.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
32. 32.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
33. 33.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
34. 34.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
35. 35.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
36. 36.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
37. 37.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
38. 38.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
39. 39.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
40. 40.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight

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