Friday, January 30, 2015

Words Often Confused Activity

Words Commonly Confused Worksheet


For each of the following sentences, circle the word or words that best complete the sentence correctly. 

1        I couldn’t decide ( which      witch ) color shoes I wanted.
2        Your paper is ( do            due ) next week.
3        I do not ( no    know ) the answer to this problem.
4        I got into a fight with my sister because she always thinks she’s ( right    write ).
5        The ( cite    site    sight ) of the new shopping mall is over (their  there    they’re ).
6         I’m not sure ( weather    whether ) it will rain this weekend or not.
7         I will have to ( accept    except ) the fact that I will never be a great basketball  
          player.
8         My new job had a bad ( affect    effect ) on my grades.
9         Make sure you do ( your    you’re ) homework right after school.
10           I ( hear    here ) that you’ve won a trip to Europe.
11           What should I ( wear    where    were ) to the dance?
12           My friends have seen me ( threw    through ) some difficult times.
13           I talked ( to    too    two ) my brother yesterday.
14           He bought ( to    too    two ) speakers ( to    too    two ) complete his stereo system.
15           I saw ( their    there    they’re ) mom sitting ( their    there    they’re).
16           I think ( their    there    they’re ) in trouble!
17           You can use those ( clothes    cloths ) to wash the car.
18           My mom took me shopping for new school ( clothes    cloths ).
19           New surgeries for blind people can restore ( their    there    they’re ) (cite  sight  site).
20           We are ( already    all ready ) for summer vacation.
21           Doctors need to monitor how the new drug ( affects    effects ) patients.
22           I ( would of    would’ve ) called, but my phone’s battery died.
23           The quarterback was sacked so hard, he was not ( conscience    conscious ) when they carried him off the field.
24           She was ( quiet    quite ) surprised by her birthday present.
25           I would love to go shopping, ( accept    except ) that I have a big project
          ( do    due ) tomorrow.
26           The dog chewed on ( its    it’s ) squeaky toy.
27           My neighbor dressed as a ( which    witch ) for Halloween.
28           My ( conscience    conscious ) told me that stealing was wrong.
29           I came in ( forth    fourth ) place in the track meet.
30           When we ( passed    past ) the creepy house, I could ( have    of ) sworn I saw a ghost in the window.
31           Mr. Mackin is the ( principal    principle ) of our school.
32           He wasn’t feeling well, so he went to the nurse’s to ( lay    lie ) down.
33           If the ( weather    whether ) is bad, we will have to cancel our camping trip.
34           ( Who’s    Whose ) backpack is this?
35           In study hall, all students must be ( quiet    quite ).
36           The Golden Rule is a ( principal    principle ) we should all live by.
37           ( Wear    Were    Where ) you scared during the movie at all?
38           Please ( lay    lie ) your tests in the basket when you are done with them.
39           I don’t know ( who’s    whose ) going on the field trip.
40           She couldn’t remember ( wear    were    where ) she had put her purse.
41           Try not to ( lose    loose ) this ticket.  You can’t win the prize without it.
42           I have seen ( a lot    alot    allot ) of horror movies.
43           I would rather be poor and happy ( than    then ) rich and sad.
44           You look sick.  Do you feel ( alright    all right )?
45           I have ( already    all ready ) seen that movie; let’s see something else.
46           Clean your room, and ( than    then ) you may watch TV.
47           Once we have collected the money, we will ( a lot    alot    allot ) it to several charities.
48           The saddle was ( to    too    two ) ( loose    lose ) and he was thrown from the horse.
49           Do you think ( its    it’s ) going to rain?
50           I should ( have    of ) taken my dad’s ( advice    advise ).
51           If you want to ( do    due ) well on a test, ( your    you’re ) going to have to study.
52           For the assignment, the teacher asked us to ( right    write ) 500 words.
53           In a paper, you must always ( cite    sight    site ) where your facts came from.
54           He ( threw    through ) the ball right ( hear   here ) and broke a car window.
55           To get the baby to stop crying, I rocked it back and ( forth    fourth ).
56           He lives ( passed    past ) that bridge in the red house.
57           I would ( advice    advise ) you to go into your basement if the tornado siren goes ( of    off ).

58     ( Know    No ), you may not go to that concert unless ( your    you’re ) 18

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