Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 648 · 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: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
2. 2.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
4. 4.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
5. 5.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
6. 6.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
8. 8.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
9. 9.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
10. 10.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
11. 11.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
12. 12.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
13. 13.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
14. 14.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
17. 17.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
18. 18.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
19. 19.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
20. 20.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
21. 21.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
22. 22.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
24. 24.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
25. 25.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
26. 26.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
28. 28.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
30. 30.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
31. 31.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
32. 32.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
34. 34.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
35. 35.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
36. 36.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
38. 38.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
39. 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
40. 40.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary

Free vocabulary lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/vocabulary-builder