Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 786 · 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 medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
3. 3.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
4. 4.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
5. 5.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
6. 6.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
8. 8.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
10. 10.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
11. 11.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
13. 13.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
14. 14.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
16. 16.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
17. 17.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
18. 18.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
19. 19.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
20. 20.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
21. 21.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
22. 22.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
23. 23.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
24. 24.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
25. 25.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
27. 27.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
28. 28.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
29. 29.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
30. 30.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
33. 33.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
34. 34.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
35. 35.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
36. 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
38. 38.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
39. 39.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
40. 40.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes

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