Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 777 · 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: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
2. 2.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
3. 3.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
4. 4.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
5. 5.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
6. 6.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
8. 8.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
9. 9.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
10. 10.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
11. 11.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
12. 12.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
14. 14.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
15. 15.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
16. 16.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
17. 17.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
18. 18.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
22. 22.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
23. 23.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
25. 25.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
26. 26.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
27. 27.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
28. 28.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
29. 29.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
30. 30.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
31. 31.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
32. 32.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
33. 33.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
35. 35.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
36. 36.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
37. 37.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
38. 38.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
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: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying

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