Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 586 · 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 good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
2. 2.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
3. 3.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
6. 6.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
7. 7.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
9. 9.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
10. 10.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
11. 11.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
12. 12.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
13. 13.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
15. 15.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
16. 16.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
18. 18.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
19. 19.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
20. 20.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
21. 21.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
22. 22.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
23. 23.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
24. 24.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
26. 26.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
28. 28.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
29. 29.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
30. 30.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
31. 31.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
33. 33.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
36. 36.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
37. 37.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
38. 38.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
39. 39.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise

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