Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 514 · 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: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
4. 4.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
5. 5.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
6. 6.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
8. 8.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
9. 9.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
10. 10.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
12. 12.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
13. 13.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
15. 15.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
16. 16.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
17. 17.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
18. 18.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
19. 19.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
21. 21.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
23. 23.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
24. 24.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
25. 25.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
27. 27.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
28. 28.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
29. 29.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
30. 30.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
31. 31.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
33. 33.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
34. 34.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
35. 35.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
38. 38.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
39. 39.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
40. 40.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its

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