Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 882 · 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: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
2. 2.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
4. 4.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
5. 5.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
6. 6.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
8. 8.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
9. 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
10. 10.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
11. 11.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
13. 13.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
15. 15.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
17. 17.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
18. 18.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
19. 19.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
20. 20.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
21. 21.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
23. 23.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
25. 25.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
26. 26.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
27. 27.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
28. 28.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
29. 29.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
31. 31.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
33. 33.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
34. 34.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
35. 35.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
37. 37.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
39. 39.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
40. 40.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice

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