Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 608 · 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: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
5. 5.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
6. 6.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
7. 7.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
9. 9.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
11. 11.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
12. 12.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
13. 13.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
14. 14.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
15. 15.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
17. 17.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
18. 18.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
19. 19.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
22. 22.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
23. 23.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
25. 25.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
26. 26.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
27. 27.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
28. 28.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
32. 32.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
34. 34.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
36. 36.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
37. 37.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
38. 38.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
39. 39.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
40. 40.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then

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