Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 675 · 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: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
3. 3.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
4. 4.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
5. 5.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
6. 6.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
7. 7.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
10. 10.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
12. 12.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
14. 14.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
16. 16.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
18. 18.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
19. 19.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
20. 20.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
21. 21.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
22. 22.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
23. 23.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
24. 24.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
25. 25.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
26. 26.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
27. 27.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
28. 28.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
29. 29.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
31. 31.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
33. 33.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
34. 34.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
35. 35.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
36. 36.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
38. 38.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
39. 39.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
40. 40.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle

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