Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 600 · 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 had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
2. 2.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
4. 4.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
5. 5.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
9. 9.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
10. 10.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
11. 11.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
12. 12.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
13. 13.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
14. 14.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
15. 15.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
17. 17.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
18. 18.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
19. 19.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
21. 21.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
22. 22.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
23. 23.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
24. 24.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
25. 25.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
27. 27.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
28. 28.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
30. 30.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
32. 32.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
33. 33.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
36. 36.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
38. 38.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
39. 39.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
40. 40.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake

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