Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 981 · 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: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscious (b) conscience
3. 3.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) break (b) brake
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
5. 5.Pick the right word: It is rude to ___ at people. (a) stare (b) stair
6. 6.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) passed (b) past
7. 7.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
8. 8.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscious (b) conscience
9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
10. 10.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
11. 11.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
12. 12.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
13. 13.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) effect (b) affect
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
15. 15.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wander (b) wonder
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) It's (b) Its
17. 17.Pick the right word: Come and sit ___ me. (a) besides (b) beside
18. 18.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
19. 19.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
20. 20.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
21. 21.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
22. 22.Pick the right word: We have a short ___ at eleven o’clock. (a) brake (b) break
23. 23.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
24. 24.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) led (b) lead
25. 25.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
26. 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
27. 27.Pick the right word: All hospital ___ must wear an ID card. (a) personal (b) personnel
28. 28.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
29. 29.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
30. 30.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
31. 31.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) moral (b) morale
32. 32.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) past (b) passed
33. 33.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) site (c) cite
34. 34.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
35. 35.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
36. 36.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formerly (b) formally
37. 37.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
38. 38.Pick the right word: A phone is a useful ___. (a) device (b) devise
39. 39.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
40. 40.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) weather (b) whether

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