Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 6 · 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: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
2. 2.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
4. 4.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
5. 5.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
6. 6.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
8. 8.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
9. 9.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
10. 10.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
11. 11.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
12. 12.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
15. 15.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
16. 16.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
17. 17.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
18. 18.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
19. 19.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
20. 20.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
21. 21.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
24. 24.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
25. 25.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
26. 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
27. 27.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
28. 28.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
30. 30.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
31. 31.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
32. 32.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
33. 33.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
34. 34.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
35. 35.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
36. 36.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
37. 37.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
38. 38.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
39. 39.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral

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