Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 877 · 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: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
2. 2.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
3. 3.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
5. 5.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
7. 7.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
9. 9.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
10. 10.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
11. 11.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
14. 14.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
15. 15.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
17. 17.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
18. 18.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
20. 20.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
21. 21.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
22. 22.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
23. 23.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
24. 24.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
25. 25.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
26. 26.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
27. 27.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
28. 28.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
29. 29.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
30. 30.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
31. 31.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
32. 32.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
33. 33.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
34. 34.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
35. 35.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
37. 37.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
38. 38.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
39. 39.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were

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