Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 65 · 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: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
3. 3.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
4. 4.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
5. 5.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
6. 6.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
7. 7.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
8. 8.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
10. 10.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
11. 11.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
12. 12.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
13. 13.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
14. 14.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
15. 15.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
17. 17.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
19. 19.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
22. 22.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
24. 24.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
25. 25.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
27. 27.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
28. 28.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
29. 29.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
30. 30.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
31. 31.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
32. 32.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
33. 33.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
36. 36.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
37. 37.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
38. 38.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past

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