Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 74 · 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: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
2. 2.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
3. 3.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
4. 4.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
5. 5.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
6. 6.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
7. 7.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
8. 8.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
9. 9.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
14. 14.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
16. 16.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
17. 17.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
19. 19.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
20. 20.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
21. 21.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
22. 22.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
23. 23.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
25. 25.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
26. 26.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
27. 27.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
29. 29.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
30. 30.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
33. 33.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
34. 34.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
35. 35.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
38. 38.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
40. 40.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect

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