Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 811 · 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: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
3. 3.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
4. 4.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
5. 5.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
6. 6.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
7. 7.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
8. 8.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
9. 9.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
10. 10.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
12. 12.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
13. 13.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
14. 14.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
15. 15.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
16. 16.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
19. 19.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
20. 20.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
21. 21.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
22. 22.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
26. 26.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
27. 27.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
29. 29.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
30. 30.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
31. 31.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
34. 34.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
36. 36.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
37. 37.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
38. 38.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
39. 39.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except

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