Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 730 · 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: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
2. 2.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
3. 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
4. 4.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
5. 5.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
6. 6.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
8. 8.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
9. 9.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
10. 10.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
11. 11.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
12. 12.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
13. 13.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
16. 16.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
17. 17.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
18. 18.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
19. 19.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
20. 20.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
21. 21.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
22. 22.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
23. 23.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
24. 24.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
25. 25.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
26. 26.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
27. 27.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
29. 29.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
31. 31.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
32. 32.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
33. 33.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
34. 34.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
35. 35.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
38. 38.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
40. 40.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break

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