Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 694 · 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 diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
3. 3.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
6. 6.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
7. 7.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
8. 8.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
10. 10.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
12. 12.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
13. 13.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
14. 14.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
16. 16.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
17. 17.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
19. 19.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
21. 21.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
22. 22.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
23. 23.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
25. 25.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
27. 27.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
28. 28.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
29. 29.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
30. 30.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
35. 35.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
36. 36.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
37. 37.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
38. 38.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except

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