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Grade 9 Commonly Confused Words Worksheet with Answers

Grade 9 (US) · Year 10 (UK) · Class 9 (India) · English

Unit 7: Going FurtherAdvanced: Grade 11–12 PreviewCCSS L.11-12.1bAdvanced

Word pairs that trip up writers, such as affect/effect, fewer/less and lay/lie. This free high school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Commonly Confused Words

Grade 9 · English

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Learning goal: Advanced: Grade 11–12 Preview · CCSS L.11-12.1b

Directions: Read each question and circle the best answer.

Example

Choose then or than: 'We ate, and ____ we left.'

Answer: then

RememberCommonly confused words

affect / effectverb / noun (usually)then / thantime / comparingaccept / exceptreceive / leave outwho / whomhe → who, him → whomfewer / lesscount / amountlie / layrecline / put something
  1. 1

    'Everyone came Tom.'

    Choose: Accept · Except

  2. 2

    'The rain will the game.'

    Choose: Affect · Effect

  3. 3

    'I drink water than you.'

    Choose: Fewer · Less

  4. 4

    'Don't your keys.'

    Choose: Lose · Loose

  5. 5

    'Please my apology.'

    Choose: Accept · Except

  6. 6

    'The store is than the park.' (physical distance)

    Choose: Further · Farther

  7. 7

    ' people came this year.'

    Choose: Fewer · Less

  8. 8

    'The magician created an .'

    Choose: Allusion · Illusion

  9. 9

    'A judge should be .' (fair, unbiased)

    Choose: Disinterested · Uninterested

  10. 10

    'From her smile, I that she passed.'

    Choose: Imply · Infer

  11. 11

    'She is taller me.'

    Choose: Then · Than

  12. 12

    'I need to down.'

    Choose: Lay · Lie

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

What has legs but can't walk?

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Answer key (click to show)
  1. 1.except
  2. 2.affect
  3. 3.less
  4. 4.lose
  5. 5.accept
  6. 6.farther
  7. 7.Fewer
  8. 8.illusion
  9. 9.disinterested
  10. 10.infer
  11. 11.than
  12. 12.lie
  13. ★a table (or chair) (challenge corner)

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