Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 994 · 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 sky is ___ as the sun rises. (a) lightening (b) lightning
2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ to the next room. (a) precede (b) proceed
3. 3.Pick the right word: In the ___, people wrote letters with ink pens. (a) passed (b) past
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) course (b) coarse
5. 5.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
6. 6.Pick the right word: Camels ___ well to life in the desert. (a) adapt (b) adopt
7. 7.Pick the right word: Please be ___ in the library. (a) quiet (b) quite
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ your hand if you know the answer. (a) Raise (b) Rise
9. 9.Pick the right word: I bought pens and paper at the ___ shop. (a) stationery (b) stationary
10. 10.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightning (b) lightening
11. 11.Pick the right word: Of tea and coffee, I prefer the ___. (a) latter (b) later
12. 12.Pick the right word: The cat licked ___ paw. (a) its (b) it's
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) sight (c) site
14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ do you live? (a) Where (b) Were
15. 15.Pick the right word: The town ___ decided to build a park. (a) counsel (b) council
16. 16.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) affect (b) effect
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principal (b) principle
18. 18.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) proceeds (b) precedes
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ what is inside the box. (a) wonder (b) wander
20. 20.Pick the right word: The bus was ___ at the red light. (a) stationary (b) stationery
21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ maths, Riya also loves art. (a) Besides (b) Beside
22. 22.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) devise (b) device
23. 23.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) dessert (b) desert
24. 24.Pick the right word: Mum is ___ the old saree blue. (a) dyeing (b) dying
25. 25.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
26. 26.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
27. 27.Pick the right word: Press the ___ to stop the bicycle. (a) brake (b) break
28. 28.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
30. 30.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
31. 31.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) sight (b) cite (c) site
32. 32.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) diary (b) dairy
33. 33.Pick the right word: Winning the first match raised the team’s ___. (a) morale (b) moral
34. 34.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complemented (b) complimented
35. 35.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) then (b) than
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of the story is “always tell the truth”. (a) morale (b) moral
37. 37.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formerly (b) formally
38. 38.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
39. 39.Pick the right word: The Thar is a hot, dry ___. (a) desert (b) dessert
40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ this small gift. (a) except (b) accept

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