Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 688 · 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: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
2. 2.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
3. 3.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
4. 4.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
5. 5.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
8. 8.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
9. 9.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
10. 10.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
11. 11.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
12. 12.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
13. 13.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
15. 15.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
16. 16.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
17. 17.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
20. 20.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
21. 21.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
22. 22.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
23. 23.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
24. 24.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
27. 27.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
28. 28.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
29. 29.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
30. 30.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
32. 32.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
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: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
35. 35.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
36. 36.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
37. 37.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
38. 38.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
39. 39.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite

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