Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 791 · 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: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
2. 2.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
3. 3.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
4. 4.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
5. 5.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
6. 6.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
8. 8.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
9. 9.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
10. 10.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
12. 12.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
13. 13.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
15. 15.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
17. 17.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
18. 18.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
21. 21.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
22. 22.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
23. 23.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
24. 24.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
26. 26.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
27. 27.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
28. 28.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
32. 32.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
33. 33.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
35. 35.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
36. 36.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
37. 37.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
38. 38.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
39. 39.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
40. 40.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter

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