Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 962 · 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: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
2. 2.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) cloth (b) clothes
3. 3.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
4. 4.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
5. 5.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
6. 6.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
7. 7.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
8. 8.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
10. 10.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
11. 11.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
12. 12.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
14. 14.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
16. 16.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
17. 17.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
18. 18.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
22. 22.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) you're (b) your
23. 23.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
24. 24.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
25. 25.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
26. 26.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
28. 28.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
29. 29.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
30. 30.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
31. 31.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
32. 32.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wonder (b) wander
33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
35. 35.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
36. 36.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advice (b) advise
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
39. 39.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
40. 40.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal

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