Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 630 · 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 children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
2. 2.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
3. 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
4. 4.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
5. 5.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
6. 6.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
7. 7.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
8. 8.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
9. 9.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
10. 10.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
11. 11.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
12. 12.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
13. 13.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
14. 14.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
15. 15.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
16. 16.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
17. 17.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
18. 18.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
19. 19.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
22. 22.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
24. 24.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
25. 25.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
26. 26.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
27. 27.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
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: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
30. 30.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
31. 31.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
32. 32.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
33. 33.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
37. 37.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept

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