Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 50 · 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: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
3. 3.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
4. 4.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
6. 6.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
10. 10.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
12. 12.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
13. 13.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
14. 14.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
15. 15.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
16. 16.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
17. 17.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
18. 18.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
19. 19.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
20. 20.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
21. 21.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
23. 23.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
24. 24.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
26. 26.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
27. 27.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
28. 28.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
29. 29.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
31. 31.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
32. 32.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
33. 33.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
34. 34.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
35. 35.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
36. 36.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
37. 37.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
38. 38.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse

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