Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 780 · 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: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
2. 2.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
4. 4.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
5. 5.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
6. 6.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
8. 8.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
9. 9.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
11. 11.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
14. 14.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
15. 15.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
16. 16.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
18. 18.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
19. 19.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
21. 21.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
22. 22.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
23. 23.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
26. 26.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
27. 27.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
28. 28.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
29. 29.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
31. 31.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
33. 33.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
35. 35.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
36. 36.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
37. 37.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
38. 38.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
39. 39.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
40. 40.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council

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