Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 767 · 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: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
2. 2.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
3. 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
4. 4.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
5. 5.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
6. 6.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
7. 7.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
8. 8.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
9. 9.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
10. 10.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
11. 11.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
13. 13.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
14. 14.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
16. 16.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
18. 18.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
19. 19.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
20. 20.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
21. 21.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
24. 24.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
25. 25.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
26. 26.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
27. 27.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
28. 28.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
30. 30.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
34. 34.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
35. 35.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
36. 36.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
38. 38.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
39. 39.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
40. 40.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice

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