Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 942 · 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 ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
2. 2.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
4. 4.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
5. 5.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
6. 6.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
7. 7.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
8. 8.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
9. 9.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
10. 10.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
11. 11.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
13. 13.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
14. 14.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
15. 15.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
16. 16.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
17. 17.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
18. 18.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
19. 19.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
20. 20.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
21. 21.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) devise (b) device
22. 22.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
24. 24.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
25. 25.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
26. 26.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
27. 27.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
28. 28.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
30. 30.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
31. 31.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
34. 34.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
35. 35.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) Your (b) You're
38. 38.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
39. 39.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
40. 40.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed

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