Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 978 · 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 medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
3. 3.Pick the right word: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
4. 4.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
5. 5.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
6. 6.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
7. 7.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
9. 9.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
10. 10.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
11. 11.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
12. 12.Pick the right word: The family decided to ___ a puppy from the shelter. (a) adopt (b) adapt
13. 13.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) lead (b) led
14. 14.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
15. 15.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
16. 16.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) moral (b) morale
18. 18.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
19. 19.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
21. 21.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
22. 22.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
23. 23.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
25. 25.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) already (b) all ready
26. 26.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dying (b) dyeing
27. 27.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
28. 28.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
29. 29.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
30. 30.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
31. 31.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
32. 32.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
33. 33.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
34. 34.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
36. 36.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) council (b) counsel
37. 37.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
38. 38.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) proceed (b) precede
40. 40.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite

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