Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 945 · 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 children were ___ for the picnic. (a) already (b) all ready
2. 2.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
3. 3.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
5. 5.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
6. 6.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
7. 7.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
8. 8.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
9. 9.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
10. 10.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
11. 11.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
14. 14.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
15. 15.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
16. 16.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
18. 18.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
19. 19.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
20. 20.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
23. 23.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
24. 24.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
26. 26.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
27. 27.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) weather (b) whether
29. 29.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Beside (b) Besides
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
32. 32.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
33. 33.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
34. 34.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
35. 35.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) rise (b) raise
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
38. 38.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
39. 39.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
40. 40.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious

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