Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 548 · 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: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
2. 2.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
6. 6.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
8. 8.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
9. 9.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
10. 10.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
11. 11.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
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) dying (b) dyeing
14. 14.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
16. 16.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
17. 17.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
19. 19.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
20. 20.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
21. 21.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
22. 22.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
23. 23.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
24. 24.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
25. 25.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
27. 27.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
28. 28.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
31. 31.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
32. 32.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
33. 33.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
34. 34.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
35. 35.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
36. 36.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
37. 37.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
38. 38.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
39. 39.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented

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