Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 565 · 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 guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
2. 2.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
3. 3.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
4. 4.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
7. 7.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
9. 9.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
10. 10.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
11. 11.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
13. 13.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
14. 14.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
15. 15.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
16. 16.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
17. 17.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
18. 18.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
19. 19.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
20. 20.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
21. 21.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
22. 22.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
23. 23.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
24. 24.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
25. 25.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
26. 26.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
29. 29.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
31. 31.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
33. 33.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
34. 34.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
35. 35.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
36. 36.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
37. 37.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
38. 38.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
39. 39.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
40. 40.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose

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