Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 792 · 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 ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
6. 6.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
9. 9.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
10. 10.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
11. 11.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
12. 12.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
13. 13.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
14. 14.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
15. 15.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
16. 16.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
17. 17.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
18. 18.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
21. 21.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
22. 22.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
23. 23.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
25. 25.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
26. 26.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
28. 28.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
29. 29.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
31. 31.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
32. 32.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
33. 33.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
34. 34.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
35. 35.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
36. 36.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
38. 38.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
39. 39.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
40. 40.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake

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