Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 925 · 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 priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
3. 3.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
4. 4.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
5. 5.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
6. 6.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
7. 7.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
8. 8.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
9. 9.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
10. 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
11. 11.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
12. 12.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
14. 14.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
15. 15.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
16. 16.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
17. 17.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
18. 18.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
19. 19.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
22. 22.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
23. 23.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
24. 24.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
25. 25.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
26. 26.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
27. 27.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
28. 28.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
29. 29.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
30. 30.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
32. 32.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
33. 33.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
34. 34.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
36. 36.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advice (b) advise
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
38. 38.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except

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