Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 60 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
4. 4.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
5. 5.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
7. 7.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
9. 9.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
11. 11.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
12. 12.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
13. 13.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
14. 14.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
15. 15.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
16. 16.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
17. 17.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
18. 18.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
19. 19.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
20. 20.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
21. 21.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
22. 22.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
23. 23.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
24. 24.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
26. 26.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
27. 27.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
28. 28.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
29. 29.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
31. 31.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
33. 33.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
37. 37.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
38. 38.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
39. 39.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
40. 40.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe

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