Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 69 · 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: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
4. 4.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
5. 5.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
6. 6.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
7. 7.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
8. 8.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
9. 9.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
10. 10.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
11. 11.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
12. 12.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
13. 13.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
14. 14.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
15. 15.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
16. 16.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
18. 18.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
20. 20.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
21. 21.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
23. 23.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
24. 24.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
25. 25.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
26. 26.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
27. 27.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
29. 29.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
30. 30.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
31. 31.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
32. 32.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
33. 33.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
36. 36.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
37. 37.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
38. 38.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
39. 39.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
40. 40.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect

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