Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 620 · 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: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
2. 2.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
3. 3.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
8. 8.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
9. 9.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
11. 11.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
13. 13.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
14. 14.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
15. 15.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
16. 16.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
17. 17.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
18. 18.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
19. 19.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
20. 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
21. 21.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
22. 22.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
23. 23.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
24. 24.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
25. 25.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
26. 26.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
27. 27.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
28. 28.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
29. 29.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
30. 30.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
31. 31.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
32. 32.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
34. 34.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
35. 35.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
36. 36.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
37. 37.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
39. 39.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
40. 40.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel

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