Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 885 · 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: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
4. 4.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
5. 5.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
6. 6.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
7. 7.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
8. 8.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
9. 9.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
10. 10.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
11. 11.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
14. 14.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
15. 15.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
16. 16.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
17. 17.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
18. 18.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
21. 21.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
22. 22.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
23. 23.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
24. 24.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
25. 25.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
28. 28.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
29. 29.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
31. 31.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
32. 32.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
33. 33.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
34. 34.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
36. 36.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
37. 37.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
38. 38.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
39. 39.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
40. 40.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter

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