Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 62 · 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 ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
2. 2.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
3. 3.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
4. 4.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
7. 7.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
8. 8.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
10. 10.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
11. 11.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
12. 12.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
13. 13.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
14. 14.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
16. 16.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
17. 17.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
18. 18.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
19. 19.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
20. 20.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
21. 21.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
22. 22.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
23. 23.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
24. 24.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
26. 26.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
27. 27.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
29. 29.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
30. 30.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
32. 32.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
33. 33.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
35. 35.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
37. 37.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
38. 38.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
39. 39.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
40. 40.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert

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