Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 661 · 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: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
2. 2.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
4. 4.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
6. 6.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
8. 8.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
9. 9.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
10. 10.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
11. 11.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
12. 12.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
13. 13.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
14. 14.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
15. 15.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
17. 17.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
19. 19.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
21. 21.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
22. 22.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
23. 23.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
24. 24.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
25. 25.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
26. 26.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
27. 27.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
28. 28.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
31. 31.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
33. 33.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
34. 34.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
36. 36.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
40. 40.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's

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