Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 722 · 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: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
2. 2.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
3. 3.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
4. 4.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
6. 6.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
7. 7.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
8. 8.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
10. 10.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
11. 11.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
13. 13.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
16. 16.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
17. 17.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
20. 20.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
21. 21.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
22. 22.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
23. 23.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
24. 24.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
29. 29.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
30. 30.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
31. 31.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
32. 32.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
35. 35.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
36. 36.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your

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