Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 765 · 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: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
3. 3.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
4. 4.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
5. 5.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
6. 6.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
8. 8.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
9. 9.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
10. 10.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
11. 11.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
12. 12.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
14. 14.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
15. 15.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
16. 16.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
17. 17.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
18. 18.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
20. 20.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
21. 21.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
22. 22.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
23. 23.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
26. 26.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
27. 27.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
28. 28.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
29. 29.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
31. 31.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
32. 32.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
33. 33.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
34. 34.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
35. 35.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
36. 36.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
37. 37.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
38. 38.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
39. 39.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
40. 40.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend

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