Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 798 · 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: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
2. 2.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
4. 4.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
5. 5.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
7. 7.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
8. 8.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
9. 9.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
11. 11.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
12. 12.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
13. 13.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
14. 14.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
17. 17.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
18. 18.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
20. 20.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
21. 21.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
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: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
25. 25.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
26. 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
28. 28.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
29. 29.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
30. 30.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
31. 31.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
32. 32.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
35. 35.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
36. 36.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
37. 37.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
38. 38.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
39. 39.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
40. 40.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary

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