Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 638 · 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: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
3. 3.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
4. 4.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
7. 7.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
9. 9.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
10. 10.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
12. 12.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
13. 13.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
15. 15.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
16. 16.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
18. 18.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
19. 19.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
20. 20.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
22. 22.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
23. 23.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
24. 24.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
28. 28.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
29. 29.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
32. 32.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
33. 33.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
34. 34.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
36. 36.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
37. 37.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
38. 38.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were

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