Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 88 · 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 guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
3. 3.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
4. 4.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
5. 5.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
7. 7.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
10. 10.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
11. 11.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
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: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
14. 14.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
15. 15.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
16. 16.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
17. 17.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
19. 19.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
20. 20.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
21. 21.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
22. 22.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
24. 24.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
25. 25.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
26. 26.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
27. 27.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
28. 28.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
29. 29.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
30. 30.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
31. 31.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
33. 33.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
34. 34.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
35. 35.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
36. 36.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
38. 38.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
39. 39.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
40. 40.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar

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