Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 904 · 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 ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
2. 2.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
4. 4.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
5. 5.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
7. 7.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
8. 8.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
10. 10.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
11. 11.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
12. 12.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
13. 13.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
14. 14.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
15. 15.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
17. 17.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
18. 18.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
19. 19.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
20. 20.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
21. 21.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
22. 22.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
23. 23.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
26. 26.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
27. 27.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
28. 28.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
29. 29.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
30. 30.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
31. 31.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
32. 32.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
34. 34.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
35. 35.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
39. 39.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
40. 40.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert

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