Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 588 · 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: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
2. 2.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
3. 3.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
4. 4.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
5. 5.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
7. 7.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
8. 8.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
9. 9.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
12. 12.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
14. 14.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
15. 15.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
16. 16.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
18. 18.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
19. 19.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
21. 21.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
22. 22.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
23. 23.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
24. 24.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
25. 25.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
26. 26.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
27. 27.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
28. 28.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
29. 29.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
31. 31.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
32. 32.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
33. 33.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
35. 35.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
36. 36.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
39. 39.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet

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