Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 518 · 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: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
2. 2.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
3. 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
4. 4.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
5. 5.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
6. 6.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
7. 7.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
8. 8.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
10. 10.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
11. 11.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
14. 14.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
15. 15.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
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: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
18. 18.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
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: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
24. 24.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
27. 27.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
28. 28.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
31. 31.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
33. 33.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
36. 36.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
37. 37.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
38. 38.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
39. 39.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
40. 40.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel

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