Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 594 · 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: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
4. 4.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
5. 5.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
6. 6.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
7. 7.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
8. 8.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
9. 9.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
11. 11.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
12. 12.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
13. 13.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
14. 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
15. 15.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
17. 17.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
18. 18.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
19. 19.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
20. 20.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
21. 21.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
22. 22.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
23. 23.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
24. 24.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
26. 26.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
27. 27.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
28. 28.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
29. 29.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
31. 31.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
33. 33.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
34. 34.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
35. 35.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
36. 36.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
38. 38.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale

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