Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 979 · 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 priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
2. 2.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
3. 3.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Were (b) Where
4. 4.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
5. 5.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personnel (b) personal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
7. 7.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
9. 9.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
10. 10.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dying (b) dyeing
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
15. 15.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
16. 16.Pick the right word: Riya ___ me on my neat handwriting. (a) complimented (b) complemented
17. 17.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
18. 18.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
19. 19.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ the best singer in our class! (a) You're (b) Your
21. 21.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
22. 22.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
23. 23.Pick the right word: The children were ___ for the picnic. (a) all ready (b) already
24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
26. 26.Pick the right word: This ___ is made of pure cotton. (a) clothes (b) cloth
27. 27.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
28. 28.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) beside (b) besides
29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
30. 30.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
31. 31.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
32. 32.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
33. 33.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
34. 34.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) break (b) brake
35. 35.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) lose (b) loose
36. 36.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
37. 37.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
38. 38.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) it's (b) its
39. 39.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
40. 40.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented

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