Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 771 · 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: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
2. 2.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
3. 3.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
6. 6.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
11. 11.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
12. 12.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
13. 13.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
14. 14.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
15. 15.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
16. 16.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
17. 17.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
18. 18.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
20. 20.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
21. 21.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
22. 22.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
24. 24.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
25. 25.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
26. 26.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
29. 29.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
30. 30.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
31. 31.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
32. 32.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
33. 33.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
36. 36.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
37. 37.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
38. 38.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
39. 39.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were

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