Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 709 · 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 buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
2. 2.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
3. 3.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
4. 4.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
5. 5.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
6. 6.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
7. 7.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
8. 8.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
9. 9.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
11. 11.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
12. 12.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
13. 13.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
14. 14.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
15. 15.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
17. 17.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
19. 19.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
20. 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
22. 22.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
23. 23.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
24. 24.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
25. 25.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
27. 27.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
29. 29.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
30. 30.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
32. 32.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
33. 33.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
34. 34.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
35. 35.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
36. 36.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
38. 38.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
39. 39.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
40. 40.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose

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