Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 606 · 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 must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
3. 3.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
4. 4.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
6. 6.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
8. 8.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
10. 10.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
11. 11.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
12. 12.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
15. 15.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
16. 16.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
17. 17.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
18. 18.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
20. 20.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
21. 21.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
22. 22.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
26. 26.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
27. 27.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
28. 28.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
30. 30.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
31. 31.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
32. 32.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
33. 33.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
34. 34.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
36. 36.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
37. 37.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
38. 38.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
40. 40.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop

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