Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 918 · 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 Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
3. 3.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
5. 5.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
6. 6.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
8. 8.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
9. 9.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
10. 10.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
11. 11.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
12. 12.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
13. 13.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
15. 15.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
16. 16.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
17. 17.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
18. 18.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
19. 19.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
20. 20.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
21. 21.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
22. 22.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adapt (b) adopt
23. 23.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
24. 24.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
25. 25.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
26. 26.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
28. 28.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
30. 30.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
31. 31.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
33. 33.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
34. 34.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
35. 35.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
36. 36.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
37. 37.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
38. 38.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
39. 39.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
40. 40.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than

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