Commonly Confused Words

1. A Christmas treat is ___ pudding.

a. plum
b. plumb

2. A ___ expression mixes both humor and disbelief.

a. rye
b. wry

3. A ___ in shining armor is every girl's dream.

a. night
b. knight

4. A ___ is a female deer.

a. doe
b. dough

5. A ___ is a gadget.
a. device
b. devise

6. A ___ is a narrow passage of water.

a. straight
b. strait

7. A ___ is a type of shellfish.

a. muscle
b. mussel

8. A ___ of children attacked the treats on the picnic table.

a. hoard
b. horde

9. A ___ of water buffalo were resting beside the river when the lions attacked.
a. heard
b. herd

10. A deer can also be called a ___.

a. hart
b. heart

11. A delicious fruit is the French ___.

a. peer
b. pier
c. pear

12. A dolphin and a ___ are similar.

a. porpoise
b. purpose

13. A favorite orange is the ___.

a. naval
b. navel

14. A great ___ burst from her lips as she realized that the child was dead.
a. wail
b. whale
15. A healthy pond should ___ with life.
a. team
b. teem

16. A low mark on one quiz should not have a strong ___ on your grade.
a. affect
b. effect

17. A man of his ___ is impressive.

a. statue
b. stature
c. statute

18. A member of the House of Lords is known as a ___.

a. peer
b. pier
c. pear

19. A place I remember from my childhood is the little brown church in the ___.
a. vale
b. veil