Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 521 · 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: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
2. 2.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
3. 3.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
4. 4.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
7. 7.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
8. 8.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
9. 9.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
12. 12.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
15. 15.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
18. 18.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
19. 19.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
20. 20.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
23. 23.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
24. 24.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
26. 26.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
27. 27.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
28. 28.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
29. 29.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
30. 30.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
31. 31.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
32. 32.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
34. 34.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
35. 35.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
36. 36.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
37. 37.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
38. 38.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
40. 40.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than

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