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Spelling Commonly Confused Words
Part A: Choose the correct word for each sentence, then circle it. If you are unsure of any word's
meaning, use a dictionary to look it up.
1. Please turn (of/off) your CD player.
2. (They're/Their) waiting for us at the mall.
3. Don't lose (your/you're) purse; someone could steal your identity.
4. If you like me, (it's/its) because of my great smile and sweet personality.
5. I think I know (who's/whose) dog it is.
6. I haven't (quite/quiet) finished with my essay yet.
7. He (bought/brought) his brother along on his first date.
8. Do you think this knot is too (lose/loose)?
9. The police made a (through/thorough) search of the house when they suspected foul play.
10. His (advice/advise) is usually good. Every time I follow it great things happen.
Part B: Circle the correct spelling of each word. If you are unsure, you may consult a dictionary.
1. accident/acident
2. freind/friend
3. beutiful/beautiful
4. tommorrow/tomorrow
5. muney/money
6. Tuesday/Tuseday
7. aply/apply
8. laff/laugh
9. Britain/Britin
10. Febuary/February
11. ketchup/kechup
12. chocolate/choclate
13. intresting/interesting
14. notise/notice
15. among/amung
16. apology/appology
17. different/different
18. business/bisiness
19. Wensday/Wednesday
20. funy/funny
Spelling Commonly Confused Words 2
Part A: Choose the correct word for each sentence, then circle it. If you are unsure of any word's
meaning, use a dictionary to look it up.
1. Take care when you make (personal/personnel) remarks about someone.
2. The bus (passed/past) by without stopping, so I had to walk all the way to school.
3. Are you old enough to have your driver (licence/license)?
4. To be good at tennis you need to (practice/practise) every day.
5. The (effect/affect) of the teacher's yelling was all the students being silent for the entire hour.
6. My car was (stationery/stationary) when he crashed into it.
7. You must apply to the (personal/personnel) department if you want to get the job.
8. You can (chose/choose) which ice cream bar you want.
9. His (past/passed) life is a mystery.
10. Be very careful not to (lose/loose) your keys or you won't be able to get into your house after school.
Part B: Put the letter in the space(s) that will make the word correctly spelled.
11. su__prise
12. gover__ment
13. sep__rate
14. mor__gage
15. unus__ al
16. ref__rence
17. mis__rable
18. happ__ly
19. car__ful
Part C: Circle the correctly spelled word in each pair. If you are unsure, you may consult a dictionary.
20. neccessary/necessary
21. ocassion/occasion
22. opportunity/oportunity
23. suceed/succeed
24. community/comunity
25. disappoint/disapoint
26. recommend/reccommend
27. committee/comittee
28. accommodation/accomodation
29. embaras/embarrass
30. dissappear/disappear
Part D: Complete the sentences with the correct word from each pair in parentheses.
1. (Their/There) _______________ skateboard is newer than ours.
2. How long do you think it would take you to (right/write) _______________ a haiku poem?
3. "I laughed a lot when I read (your/you're) _______________ story, Sue," said Tim.
4. An appeal to nature's beauty is one of the (principal/principle) _______________ characteristics of haiku poetry.
5. Reading that haiku poem gave me a wonderful feeling of (peace/piece) ______________.
6. My teacher would not tell me the (right/write) _______________ answer to the question.
7. Mrs. Pate is the (principal/principle) _______________ of Highland West Junior High.
8. Shay eats all her dinner so she can have a (peace/piece) _______________ of cake for dessert.