Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 908 · 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: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
3. 3.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
4. 4.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
5. 5.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
6. 6.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
7. 7.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
8. 8.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
9. 9.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
10. 10.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
11. 11.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
13. 13.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
14. 14.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
15. 15.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
16. 16.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
17. 17.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
19. 19.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
20. 20.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
21. 21.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
22. 22.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
23. 23.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
24. 24.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
25. 25.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
26. 26.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
27. 27.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
28. 28.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
29. 29.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
30. 30.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
31. 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
32. 32.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
33. 33.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
38. 38.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
39. 39.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
40. 40.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary

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