Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 872 · 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: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
2. 2.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
3. 3.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
4. 4.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
5. 5.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
7. 7.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
8. 8.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
9. 9.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
10. 10.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
11. 11.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
12. 12.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
13. 13.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
14. 14.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
15. 15.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
16. 16.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
17. 17.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
19. 19.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
20. 20.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
21. 21.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
22. 22.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
23. 23.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
24. 24.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
26. 26.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
27. 27.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
28. 28.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
32. 32.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
33. 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
34. 34.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
35. 35.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
37. 37.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
38. 38.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
39. 39.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
40. 40.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed

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