Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 598 · 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: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
2. 2.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
5. 5.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
6. 6.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
9. 9.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
10. 10.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
11. 11.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
13. 13.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
14. 14.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
15. 15.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
18. 18.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
19. 19.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
20. 20.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
21. 21.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
22. 22.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
25. 25.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
26. 26.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
27. 27.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
28. 28.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
30. 30.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
31. 31.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
32. 32.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
34. 34.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
35. 35.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
36. 36.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
39. 39.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
40. 40.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its

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