Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 505 · 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 cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
2. 2.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
3. 3.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
4. 4.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
5. 5.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
7. 7.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
8. 8.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
9. 9.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
10. 10.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
11. 11.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
12. 12.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
14. 14.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
15. 15.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
16. 16.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
17. 17.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
18. 18.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
19. 19.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
20. 20.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
21. 21.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
22. 22.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
23. 23.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
26. 26.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
27. 27.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
28. 28.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
30. 30.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
33. 33.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
37. 37.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
38. 38.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
39. 39.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
40. 40.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath

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