Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 936 · 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: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelop (b) envelope
2. 2.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) altar (b) alter
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
4. 4.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
7. 7.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
8. 8.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
9. 9.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
10. 10.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelope (b) envelop
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
12. 12.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breathe (b) breath
13. 13.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
14. 14.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
15. 15.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
17. 17.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
19. 19.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
20. 20.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
21. 21.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
23. 23.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
25. 25.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
26. 26.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
28. 28.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
30. 30.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
31. 31.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
32. 32.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
33. 33.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
34. 34.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
35. 35.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
36. 36.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
38. 38.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
39. 39.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
40. 40.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth

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