Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 83 · 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 I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
2. 2.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
3. 3.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
5. 5.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
6. 6.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
7. 7.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
8. 8.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
9. 9.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
10. 10.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
11. 11.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
12. 12.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
13. 13.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
14. 14.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
15. 15.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
17. 17.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
18. 18.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
19. 19.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
22. 22.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
23. 23.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
24. 24.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
25. 25.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
26. 26.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
27. 27.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
28. 28.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
29. 29.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
30. 30.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
31. 31.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
32. 32.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
34. 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
35. 35.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
36. 36.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
39. 39.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
40. 40.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect

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