Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 880 · 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: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
2. 2.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
3. 3.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
4. 4.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
5. 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
6. 6.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
7. 7.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
8. 8.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
9. 9.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
10. 10.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
12. 12.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
13. 13.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
15. 15.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
17. 17.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
18. 18.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
19. 19.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
21. 21.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
23. 23.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
25. 25.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
26. 26.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
28. 28.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
30. 30.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
31. 31.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
32. 32.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
33. 33.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
34. 34.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
35. 35.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
37. 37.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
38. 38.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
39. 39.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
40. 40.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent

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