Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 549 · 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: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
3. 3.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
4. 4.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
5. 5.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
6. 6.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
7. 7.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
8. 8.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
9. 9.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
10. 10.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
12. 12.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
14. 14.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
15. 15.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
17. 17.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
18. 18.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
19. 19.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
20. 20.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
21. 21.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
22. 22.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
23. 23.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
25. 25.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
26. 26.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
27. 27.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
28. 28.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
30. 30.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
31. 31.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
32. 32.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
33. 33.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
34. 34.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
38. 38.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
39. 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
40. 40.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel

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