Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 533 · 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: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
4. 4.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
5. 5.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
7. 7.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
8. 8.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
9. 9.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
10. 10.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
11. 11.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
12. 12.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
14. 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
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: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
18. 18.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
19. 19.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
20. 20.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
21. 21.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
24. 24.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
25. 25.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
26. 26.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
27. 27.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
28. 28.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
30. 30.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
31. 31.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
32. 32.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
33. 33.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
36. 36.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
37. 37.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
38. 38.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
39. 39.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
40. 40.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than

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