Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 710 · 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: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
2. 2.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
3. 3.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
4. 4.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
5. 5.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
6. 6.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
9. 9.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
10. 10.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
12. 12.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
13. 13.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
14. 14.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
16. 16.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
17. 17.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
19. 19.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
20. 20.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
22. 22.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
25. 25.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
26. 26.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
28. 28.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
31. 31.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
32. 32.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
33. 33.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
34. 34.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
37. 37.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
38. 38.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
39. 39.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal

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