Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 805 · 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 test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
3. 3.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
4. 4.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
5. 5.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
6. 6.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
9. 9.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
10. 10.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
11. 11.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
12. 12.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
13. 13.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
16. 16.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
18. 18.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
19. 19.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
21. 21.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
22. 22.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
23. 23.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
24. 24.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
25. 25.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
26. 26.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
27. 27.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
29. 29.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
30. 30.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
31. 31.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
32. 32.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
33. 33.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
34. 34.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
35. 35.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
36. 36.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
37. 37.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
39. 39.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
40. 40.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter

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