Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 542 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
3. 3.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
6. 6.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
7. 7.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
8. 8.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
9. 9.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
11. 11.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
13. 13.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
15. 15.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
18. 18.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
19. 19.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
20. 20.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
21. 21.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
22. 22.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
23. 23.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
24. 24.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
25. 25.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
26. 26.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
27. 27.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
28. 28.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
29. 29.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
33. 33.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
34. 34.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
35. 35.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
36. 36.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
37. 37.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
38. 38.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
39. 39.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
40. 40.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert

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