Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 501 · 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 had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
2. 2.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
3. 3.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
5. 5.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
7. 7.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
8. 8.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
9. 9.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
10. 10.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
12. 12.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
13. 13.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
14. 14.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
16. 16.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
17. 17.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
19. 19.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
20. 20.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
22. 22.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
23. 23.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
24. 24.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
25. 25.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
26. 26.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
27. 27.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
29. 29.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
30. 30.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
31. 31.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
33. 33.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
35. 35.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
36. 36.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
38. 38.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
39. 39.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
40. 40.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel

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