Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 98 · 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: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
2. 2.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
3. 3.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) clothes (b) cloth
4. 4.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
5. 5.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
6. 6.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
7. 7.Pick the right word: My teacher gave me some good ___. (a) advise (b) advice
8. 8.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) dessert (b) desert
9. 9.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
10. 10.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
11. 11.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
12. 12.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) dairy (b) diary
13. 13.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
14. 14.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
15. 15.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
16. 16.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
17. 17.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
18. 18.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
19. 19.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
24. 24.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
25. 25.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
26. 26.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
27. 27.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether
28. 28.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
29. 29.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principle (b) principal
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) were (b) where
31. 31.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
32. 32.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breathe (b) breath
33. 33.Pick the right word: The plants are ___ without water. (a) dyeing (b) dying
34. 34.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
35. 35.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
36. 36.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
37. 37.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Rise (b) Raise
38. 38.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
39. 39.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
40. 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning

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