Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 741 · 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: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
2. 2.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
6. 6.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
7. 7.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
8. 8.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
9. 9.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
10. 10.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
11. 11.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
12. 12.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
13. 13.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
14. 14.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
17. 17.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
18. 18.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
19. 19.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
21. 21.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
22. 22.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
23. 23.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
24. 24.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
25. 25.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
26. 26.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
28. 28.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
29. 29.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
30. 30.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
31. 31.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
32. 32.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
34. 34.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
35. 35.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
38. 38.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
39. 39.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
40. 40.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice

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