Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 947 · 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: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
4. 4.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
5. 5.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
6. 6.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) loose (b) lose
7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
8. 8.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
10. 10.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
12. 12.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
13. 13.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
14. 14.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
15. 15.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complemented (b) complimented
16. 16.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
18. 18.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stair (b) stare
19. 19.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
20. 20.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
21. 21.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
22. 22.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
23. 23.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
24. 24.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
25. 25.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
26. 26.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
27. 27.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
28. 28.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
29. 29.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationery (b) stationary
30. 30.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
31. 31.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
32. 32.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept
34. 34.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
35. 35.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
36. 36.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
37. 37.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
38. 38.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) then (b) than
39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
40. 40.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope

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