Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 869 · 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 best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
2. 2.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
4. 4.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
5. 5.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
6. 6.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
8. 8.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
9. 9.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
10. 10.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
12. 12.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
13. 13.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
14. 14.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
15. 15.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
16. 16.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
17. 17.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
18. 18.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
19. 19.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
20. 20.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
21. 21.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
22. 22.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
23. 23.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
26. 26.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
27. 27.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
28. 28.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
29. 29.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
31. 31.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
33. 33.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
34. 34.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
35. 35.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
36. 36.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
38. 38.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
39. 39.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
40. 40.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel

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