Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 985 · 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: Please ___ this small gift. (a) accept (b) except
2. 2.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sand on this beach is ___ and rough. (a) course (b) coarse
4. 4.Pick the right word: Can you ___ me your eraser for a minute? (a) borrow (b) lend
5. 5.Pick the right word: We ___ the post office on our way to school. (a) past (b) passed
6. 6.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) later (b) latter
7. 7.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
8. 8.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) later (b) latter
9. 9.Pick the right word: This shirt is too ___; it needs to be tighter. (a) loose (b) lose
10. 10.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) except (b) accept
11. 11.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
12. 12.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quite (b) quiet
13. 13.Pick the right word: The priest placed flowers on the ___. (a) alter (b) altar
14. 14.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) sight (c) cite
15. 15.Pick the right word: Hold the string tightly or you will ___ the kite. (a) lose (b) loose
16. 16.Pick the right word: The doctor will ___ you to rest. (a) advise (b) advice
17. 17.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationary (b) stationery
19. 19.Pick the right word: The goats ___ around the hills all day. (a) wander (b) wonder
20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
21. 21.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) imminent (b) eminent
22. 22.Pick the right word: It is hard to ___ in a smoky room. (a) breath (b) breathe
23. 23.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
24. 24.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can I ___ your eraser for a minute? (a) lend (b) borrow
27. 27.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) alter (b) altar
28. 28.Pick the right word: An elephant is heavier ___ a horse. (a) than (b) then
29. 29.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
30. 30.Pick the right word: I do not know ___ she will come. (a) whether (b) weather
31. 31.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
32. 32.Pick the right word: The patient was ___ and could answer questions. (a) conscience (b) conscious
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quite (b) quiet
34. 34.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
35. 35.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) imminent (b) eminent
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightning (b) lightening
37. 37.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
38. 38.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
39. 39.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather

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