Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 752 · 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: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
2. 2.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
3. 3.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
4. 4.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
5. 5.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
6. 6.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
7. 7.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
8. 8.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
9. 9.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
10. 10.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
14. 14.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
17. 17.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
18. 18.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
19. 19.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
21. 21.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
22. 22.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
24. 24.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
25. 25.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
26. 26.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
27. 27.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
28. 28.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
29. 29.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
30. 30.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
31. 31.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
32. 32.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
34. 34.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
35. 35.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
38. 38.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
39. 39.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
40. 40.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar

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