Commonly Confused Words Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.7.5.C

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There are many different words that mesh between one another in the English language. The words can visual look similar or sound similar, or even worst of all look and sound the same. If you were just to take your time and study these pack of two-hundred or so terms, you would be able to knock these words out of the park on any even given day. These worksheets will present a cauldron of vocabulary that often stump readers and lead them to wild success with the English language. You will find that the more often that you work with these terms, the easier it will be to understand their proper usage.

Commonly Confused Words Worksheets:

Word Pile Up - Some of the words and sentences are a complete car wreck. Rewrite the paragraph because the author was confused with some of the vocabulary that they used.

Circle To Complete the Sentence - You might need to brush up on a few of these. Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

These Terms Make a Lot of Cents - Take the time to really make these sentences work. Here is an example of a messy sentence that you will fix: We have all ready eaten and are not hungry, accept we might have desert.

Complete Those Sentences - You would be surprised at how many people have trouble with the sixth question.

Avoiding Word Errors - The words you see here are the most common spelling issues for most students.

Help Out Jill - Jill often writes so quickly that she doesn't always type the correct word; sometimes she types a word that is commonly confused with the correct word. Rewrite the passage below to correct her mistakes.

Getting It Right - Circle the correct word to complete each sentence. Read them aloud to make sure that they work.

Avoiding Word Errors - Try to hook up the vocabulary that helps the sentences sound clear.

Connotation in Word Choice - The passage contains words whose connotation is not the best choice for the paragraph.

The Right Word - Rewrite each sentence, choosing the most appropriate word. We give you three to choose from in order to get it correct.

Shades of Differences in Meaning - Each set of terms below are synonyms, but they have different connotations.

Choosing Your Right-hand Word - Circle the word with the most appropriate connotation to complete each sentence.

Choosing the Right Word - Some of these words are just so close. For each pair of terms, write two sentences to demonstrate the difference in their connotations.

Confusing Sentences - For each pair of words, write two sentences to demonstrate the difference in their connotations.

Fueled With Confusion - The passage below contains terms whose connotation is not the best choice for the paragraph.

Why Are There Words That Commonly Confuse Us?

In the English language, many words either have same meanings, spellings or similar sounds. Such terms can easily confuse both the readers and writers. They have to spend a lot of their time and energy while thinking and choosing the appropriate word out of two or more confusing words. In the spoken language, it is even harder for the listener to grab the correct meaning of the word. However, this problem can be solved by listening carefully and paying attention. Some of these types of vocabulary terms that you may come across are discussed below and by carefully reading them, one can clear a lot about their confusion:


Due to the Same Spelling


One can easily get confused between the words that have the same spellings but different meanings. Vocabulary terms like "tie, watch, light, bar, live, commune, capital, chest, bank, right, ring, pitcher, pound, fan, fly, etc." all are different in meaning but because of same spellings they can easily confuse anyone especially while listening.


Due to Same Pronunciation


Some words are pronounced similarly but are different in their meanings. In the spoken discourse, it becomes very difficult for one to grab the correct meaning. Some commonly confused words that have same pronunciation are "right and write, sun and son, addition and edition, allowed and aloud, are and our, buy and by, hole and whole, know and no, scene and seen, knot and not, role and roll, cereal and serial, peak and peek, ate and eight, etc."


Due to Some Other Reasons


Some terms are not similar either in spellings or pronunciation but can easily confuse the readers and writers. Some of these words include "except and accept, advise and advice, affect and effect, breath and breathe, choose and chose, dessert and desert, do and due, does and dose, feel and fill, hear and here, heard and herd, blew and blue, cellar and seller, flour and flower etc."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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