Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 79 · 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 sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
3. 3.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
4. 4.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
6. 6.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
7. 7.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
8. 8.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
9. 9.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
10. 10.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
11. 11.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
12. 12.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
13. 13.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
15. 15.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
16. 16.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
17. 17.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
19. 19.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
21. 21.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
22. 22.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
23. 23.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
24. 24.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
27. 27.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
28. 28.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
29. 29.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
31. 31.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
32. 32.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
33. 33.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
34. 34.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
35. 35.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
36. 36.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
37. 37.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
38. 38.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
39. 39.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening

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