Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 574 · 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: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
2. 2.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
4. 4.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
5. 5.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
6. 6.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
7. 7.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
8. 8.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
9. 9.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
10. 10.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
11. 11.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
12. 12.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
15. 15.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
17. 17.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
18. 18.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
19. 19.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
20. 20.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
21. 21.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
22. 22.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
23. 23.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
24. 24.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
27. 27.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
28. 28.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
29. 29.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
30. 30.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
31. 31.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
33. 33.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
34. 34.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
35. 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
38. 38.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
39. 39.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept

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