Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 625 · 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 ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
2. 2.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
3. 3.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
4. 4.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
5. 5.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
6. 6.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
7. 7.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
8. 8.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
9. 9.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
11. 11.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
13. 13.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
14. 14.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
15. 15.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
16. 16.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
17. 17.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
18. 18.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
20. 20.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
22. 22.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
23. 23.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
25. 25.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
26. 26.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
27. 27.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
28. 28.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
29. 29.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
30. 30.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
31. 31.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
34. 34.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
38. 38.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
40. 40.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later

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