Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 555 · 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: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
3. 3.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
4. 4.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
5. 5.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
6. 6.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
7. 7.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
8. 8.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
9. 9.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
10. 10.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
11. 11.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
12. 12.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
14. 14.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
15. 15.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
16. 16.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
17. 17.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
18. 18.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
20. 20.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
22. 22.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
23. 23.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
27. 27.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
29. 29.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
31. 31.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
32. 32.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
33. 33.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
34. 34.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
36. 36.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
37. 37.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
38. 38.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
39. 39.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair

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