Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 561 · 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 plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
5. 5.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
6. 6.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
7. 7.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
8. 8.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
9. 9.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
14. 14.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
15. 15.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
16. 16.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
17. 17.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
18. 18.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
21. 21.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
22. 22.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
23. 23.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
25. 25.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
26. 26.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
27. 27.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
30. 30.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
31. 31.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
32. 32.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
33. 33.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
34. 34.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
35. 35.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
36. 36.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
37. 37.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
39. 39.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
40. 40.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device

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