Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 848 · 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: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
3. 3.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
4. 4.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
6. 6.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
7. 7.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
10. 10.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
11. 11.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
12. 12.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
14. 14.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
15. 15.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
16. 16.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
17. 17.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
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: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
20. 20.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
21. 21.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
22. 22.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
24. 24.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
25. 25.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
26. 26.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
30. 30.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
31. 31.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
33. 33.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
35. 35.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
36. 36.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
38. 38.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
39. 39.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
40. 40.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert

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