Commonly Confused Words Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 24: Commonly confused words · Set 996 · 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: A teacher can ___ students who feel worried. (a) counsel (b) council
2. 2.Pick the right word: Everyone came to the party ___ Rohan. (a) accept (b) except
3. 3.Pick the right word: We ___ playing when it started to rain. (a) where (b) were
4. 4.Pick the right word: I have ___ finished my homework. (a) all ready (b) already
5. 5.Pick the right word: We buy milk and curd from the ___. (a) dairy (b) diary
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of our school spoke at the assembly. (a) principle (b) principal
7. 7.Pick the right word: The award went to an ___ scientist. (a) eminent (b) imminent
8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ raining, so take an umbrella. (a) Its (b) It's
9. 9.Pick the right word: The tailor will ___ my kurta to make it shorter. (a) altar (b) alter
10. 10.Pick the right word: Thick fog began to ___ the city. (a) envelop (b) envelope
11. 11.Pick the right word: Always telling the truth is a good ___. (a) principal (b) principle
12. 12.Pick the right word: The test was ___ easy. (a) quiet (b) quite
13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya joined a computer ___. (a) coarse (b) course
14. 14.Pick the right word: Too much screen time can ___ your eyes. (a) affect (b) effect
15. 15.Pick the right word: The medicine had a good ___ on her cold. (a) effect (b) affect
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of the snowy mountains was beautiful. (a) cite (b) site (c) sight
17. 17.Pick the right word: The letter A comes before B; A ___ B in the alphabet. (a) precedes (b) proceeds
18. 18.Pick the right word: Take a deep ___ before you dive. (a) breath (b) breathe
19. 19.Pick the right word: They are building a new school on this ___. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ told me to return the extra change. (a) conscience (b) conscious
21. 21.Pick the right word: The guide ___ us through the forest yesterday. (a) lead (b) led
22. 22.Pick the right word: I write in my ___ every night. (a) diary (b) dairy
23. 23.Pick the right word: We had kheer for ___ after dinner. (a) desert (b) dessert
24. 24.Pick the right word: A good captain will ___ the team to victory. (a) led (b) lead
25. 25.Pick the right word: Always ___ the book you took a fact from. (a) site (b) cite (c) sight
26. 26.Pick the right word: A flash of ___ lit up the sky. (a) lightening (b) lightning
27. 27.Pick the right word: This diary is ___; please do not read it. (a) personal (b) personnel
28. 28.Pick the right word: We wear warm ___ in winter. (a) cloth (b) clothes
29. 29.Pick the right word: First we ate lunch, and ___ we played. (a) than (b) then
30. 30.Pick the right word: Mind the last ___ as you go down. (a) stare (b) stair
31. 31.Pick the right word: Her red dupatta ___ her white kurta perfectly. (a) complimented (b) complemented
32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ is pleasant today. (a) whether (b) weather
33. 33.Pick the right word: Is this ___ water bottle? (a) your (b) you're
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mumbai was ___ called Bombay. (a) formally (b) formerly
35. 35.Pick the right word: I will call you ___. (a) latter (b) later
36. 36.Pick the right word: The sun will ___ at six tomorrow. (a) raise (b) rise
37. 37.Pick the right word: We must ___ a plan to save water. (a) device (b) devise
38. 38.Pick the right word: Dark clouds showed that rain was ___. (a) eminent (b) imminent
39. 39.Pick the right word: The chief guest was ___ welcomed at the gate. (a) formally (b) formerly
40. 40.Pick the right word: Put the letter in an ___. (a) envelope (b) envelop

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