Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 614 · 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: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
2. 2.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
3. 3.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
4. 4.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
5. 5.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
6. 6.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
7. 7.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
8. 8.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
9. 9.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
10. 10.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
11. 11.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
14. 14.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
15. 15.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
16. 16.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
17. 17.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
18. 18.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
19. 19.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
20. 20.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
21. 21.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
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: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
25. 25.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
26. 26.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
28. 28.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
29. 29.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
30. 30.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
33. 33.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
34. 34.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
35. 35.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
36. 36.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
37. 37.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
38. 38.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
39. 39.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise

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