Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 861 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
2. 2.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
3. 3.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
4. 4.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
5. 5.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
6. 6.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
8. 8.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
9. 9.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
10. 10.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
11. 11.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
12. 12.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
15. 15.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
17. 17.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
18. 18.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
20. 20.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
22. 22.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
23. 23.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
24. 24.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
25. 25.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
28. 28.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
29. 29.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
31. 31.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
32. 32.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
33. 33.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
35. 35.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
36. 36.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
37. 37.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
38. 38.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
40. 40.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert

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