Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 781 · 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: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
2. 2.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
3. 3.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
4. 4.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
6. 6.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
8. 8.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
9. 9.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
11. 11.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
12. 12.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
13. 13.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
14. 14.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
15. 15.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
17. 17.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
18. 18.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
19. 19.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
20. 20.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
21. 21.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
24. 24.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
25. 25.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
26. 26.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
27. 27.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
28. 28.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
29. 29.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
30. 30.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
32. 32.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
33. 33.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
34. 34.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
35. 35.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
36. 36.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
37. 37.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
38. 38.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
39. 39.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
40. 40.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later

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