Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 929 · 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 write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
5. 5.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
7. 7.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
9. 9.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
10. 10.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
11. 11.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
12. 12.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
14. 14.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
15. 15.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
16. 16.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
17. 17.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
18. 18.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
19. 19.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
20. 20.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
21. 21.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
22. 22.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
23. 23.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
25. 25.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
26. 26.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
27. 27.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
28. 28.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
29. 29.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
30. 30.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
31. 31.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
32. 32.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stair (b) stare
33. 33.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
34. 34.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
36. 36.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
38. 38.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
40. 40.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt

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