Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 622 · 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 doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
2. 2.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
3. 3.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
4. 4.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
5. 5.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
7. 7.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
8. 8.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
9. 9.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
10. 10.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
12. 12.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
14. 14.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
15. 15.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
16. 16.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
18. 18.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
20. 20.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
21. 21.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
23. 23.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
24. 24.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
25. 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
26. 26.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
27. 27.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
29. 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
30. 30.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
31. 31.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
32. 32.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
35. 35.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
37. 37.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
38. 38.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
39. 39.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where

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