Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 899 · 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: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
2. 2.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
3. 3.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
4. 4.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
5. 5.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
6. 6.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
7. 7.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
8. 8.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
10. 10.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
11. 11.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
12. 12.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
13. 13.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
14. 14.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
15. 15.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
16. 16.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
18. 18.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
19. 19.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
20. 20.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
21. 21.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
22. 22.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
24. 24.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
26. 26.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
28. 28.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
29. 29.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
30. 30.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
32. 32.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
33. 33.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
34. 34.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
36. 36.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
37. 37.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
39. 39.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
40. 40.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath

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