Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 787 · 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 patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
2. 2.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
3. 3.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
4. 4.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
5. 5.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
9. 9.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
11. 11.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
12. 12.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
13. 13.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
15. 15.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
18. 18.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
19. 19.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
20. 20.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
21. 21.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
22. 22.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
23. 23.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
24. 24.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
27. 27.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
28. 28.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
30. 30.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
31. 31.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
32. 32.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
34. 34.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
35. 35.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
38. 38.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
39. 39.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its

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