Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 969 · 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 ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
2. 2.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
3. 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
5. 5.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
6. 6.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
7. 7.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
8. 8.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
9. 9.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
10. 10.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
13. 13.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
14. 14.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
15. 15.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
17. 17.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
18. 18.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
19. 19.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
20. 20.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
21. 21.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
22. 22.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
23. 23.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
24. 24.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
25. 25.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
28. 28.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
29. 29.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
30. 30.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
31. 31.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
32. 32.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adopt (b) adapt
33. 33.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
34. 34.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
35. 35.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
36. 36.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
38. 38.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
39. 39.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
40. 40.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect

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