Words Commonly Confused Worksheet

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.