Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 859 · 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: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
3. 3.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
4. 4.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
5. 5.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
7. 7.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
8. 8.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
9. 9.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
10. 10.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
11. 11.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
12. 12.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
14. 14.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
15. 15.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
16. 16.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
17. 17.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
18. 18.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
20. 20.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
21. 21.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
22. 22.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
23. 23.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
24. 24.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
27. 27.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
28. 28.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
30. 30.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
31. 31.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
32. 32.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
33. 33.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
34. 34.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
35. 35.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
36. 36.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
37. 37.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
38. 38.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
40. 40.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already

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