Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 838 · 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 tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
2. 2.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
3. 3.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
4. 4.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
5. 5.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
6. 6.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
7. 7.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
8. 8.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
9. 9.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
10. 10.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
11. 11.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
13. 13.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
14. 14.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
15. 15.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
17. 17.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
18. 18.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
19. 19.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
20. 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
21. 21.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
22. 22.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
24. 24.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
25. 25.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
26. 26.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
27. 27.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
28. 28.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
29. 29.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
30. 30.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
31. 31.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
32. 32.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
33. 33.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
34. 34.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
35. 35.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
38. 38.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
39. 39.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse

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