Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 916 · 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: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
4. 4.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) coarse (b) course
5. 5.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
7. 7.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
8. 8.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
9. 9.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
10. 10.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
11. 11.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
12. 12.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
15. 15.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
16. 16.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
17. 17.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
19. 19.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
20. 20.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
21. 21.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
23. 23.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
24. 24.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
26. 26.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
27. 27.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
28. 28.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
29. 29.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
30. 30.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
32. 32.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
33. 33.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
34. 34.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
35. 35.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
37. 37.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
38. 38.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
39. 39.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
40. 40.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal

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