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Words Often Confused

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Act of leaving one's own country.

a)

emigration

b)

emigashun

c)

imigration

d)

emmigration

2.

You may find this in a salad.

a)

selery

b)

cellery

c)

celery

d)

sellery

3.

To go before

a)

perceed

b)

preseed

c)

precede

d)

precade

4.

It's usually a breakfast food.

a)

serial

b)

cereal

c)

cireal

d)

sirrial

5.

Accompanies thunder

a)

lightening

b)

litening

c)

lightning

d)

littening

6.

To plan

a)

devise

b)

device

c)

devize

d)

devighze

7.

Guidance

a)

advice

b)

devise

c)

addvice

d)

advic

8.

From one side to another

a)

thorough

b)

threw

c)

through

d)

throogh

9.

Act of entering a foreign country

a)

emigration

b)

immigration

c)

imigration

d)

imigrashun

10.

Money paid for work

a)

celery

b)

salery

c)

salary

d)

calery

11.

presented in installments

a)

cereal

b)

cerial

c)

sireal

d)

serial

12.

opposite of moving

a)

stationary

b)

stationery

c)

stationairy

d)

stachunary

13.

to carry on; continue

a)

precede

b)

proseed

c)

prosdde

d)

proceed

14.

to make a recommendation

a)

advise

b)

devise

c)

advighs

d)

addvice

15.

opposite of darkening

a)

lightning

b)

litenin

c)

lightening

d)

lightining

16.

careful; complete

a)

thuroght

b)

throught

c)

thorough

d)

through

17.

Something used for a particular purpose; a gadget.

a)

device

b)

devise

c)

devight

d)

advise

18.

A basic or fundamental law

a)

principle

b)

princapal

c)

principal

d)

prinsciple

19.

Paper used for correspondence.

a)

stationary

b)

stationery

c)

stationairy

d)

stashunery

20.

A chief or head of something or a person in a position of authority.

a)

principle

b)

principal

c)

prinsipal

d)

princcile

21.

To measure by a sound line.

a)

fathom

b)

fathoumm

c)

faatthhoomm

d)

fathumb