Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 914 · 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: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
2. 2.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
3. 3.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
4. 4.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
5. 5.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
6. 6.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
7. 7.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
8. 8.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
9. 9.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
10. 10.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
11. 11.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
12. 12.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
14. 14.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
15. 15.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
16. 16.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
18. 18.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
21. 21.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
22. 22.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
24. 24.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
26. 26.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
27. 27.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
28. 28.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
29. 29.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personnel (b) personal
30. 30.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
31. 31.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
33. 33.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
36. 36.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
38. 38.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
39. 39.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
40. 40.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt

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