Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 943 · 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: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
2. 2.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
3. 3.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
4. 4.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
5. 5.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
6. 6.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
7. 7.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
12. 12.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
13. 13.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
14. 14.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
17. 17.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
18. 18.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
19. 19.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
21. 21.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
25. 25.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
26. 26.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
27. 27.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
28. 28.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) council (b) counsel
29. 29.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
30. 30.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
31. 31.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
32. 32.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
33. 33.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
34. 34.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
35. 35.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
36. 36.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
38. 38.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
40. 40.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready

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