Confusing Words
| Description: Confusing Words | |
| Number of Questions: 25 | |
| Created by: Ashok Pandey | |
| Tags: Confusing Words Jumbled Words |
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The sparrows (A) flew off (B) flew into the bowls from which they were drinking water when a child hit them with a stone. (ii) You have lived in other countries. So I’d expect you to have some sort of (A) empathy (B) sympathy with people who have just arrived here. (iii) At the chief ministers’ meeting called by the prime minister; all the chief ministers (A) accept (B) except a couple of chief ministers attended it. (iv) To control a horse one ought to know how to (A) bridle (B) bridal it.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The pet dog was lying asleep (A) below (B) under the table. (ii) Please put the (A) kettle (B) cattle on the fire so that tea can be prepared. (iii) A strong wind (A) blew (B) blue and broke off many leaves from the branches of the trees. (iv) The hunter shot the (A) lion (B) loin with his gun.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The students who were caught (A) dozing (B) dosing in the class were punished by the teacher. (ii) Rocky and Jack are two friends but the former is (A) older (B) elder than the latter by one year. (iii) The (A) latest (B) last news is that the head of the students’ council has resigned. (iv) In olden times the ‘rishi’s’ used to wear only a loin (A) cloth (B) clothes while going in for meditation.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) She was dressed in a jacket that looked two sizes (A) big (B) biggest for her. (ii) He bought a pad of notepaper and a packet of (A) envelopes (B) envelops. (iii) Here is the copy of the (A) letter (B) latter which I have written to the Principal against the head boy of the college. (iv) Give me a (A) plan (B) plain paper so that I can write out a letter to my friend, Satnam.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) Go (A) whither (B) weather you want. (ii) When the fox could not get at the grapes hanging from the vine, it said, “grapes are (A) sore (B) sour. (iii) Hot weather climate does not (A) suit (B) suite Indians who come back from Australia. (iv) Muslim women put on a (A) vale (B) veil when they go out as they are not allowed to have the outward exposure of human beings.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The (A) way (B) weigh to the airport lies through this road. (ii) The south of the country always enjoys an (A) equable (B) equitable climate where it is rarely too hot and never too cold. (iii) Because of continuous and heavy rains the roots of old houses (A) gave up (B) gave in. (iv) The child wanted balloons and he (A) looked up to (B) looked into his mother for her to buy them.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The guests were going (A) in (B) into the auditorium and were occupying the seats. (ii) The mother called the children for lunch as they had been playing (A) since (B) for morning. (iii) Our neighbours got the dispute sorted out in their favour at the police station because one of them had (A) excess (B) access to the S.H.O. (iv) The father purchased oranges and bananas (A) besides (B) beside mangoes.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) It is a usual habit with the politicians to come (A) late (B) lately at the public functions. (ii) My grandfather (A) expired (B) aspired after a long illness in a local hospital. (iii) Potters, weavers and carpenters are (A) artisans (B) artists. (iv) In the rainy season, do not walk (A) bare (B) bear footed on the grass as reptiles can harm you.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The newly married girl has to (A) adopt (B) adapt herself to the changed circumstances and new family members in her in-law’s family. (ii) At the farewell function, the principal gave us many pieces of (A) advice (B) advise. (iii) The new officer has (A) affected (B) effected many changes in the office. (iv) The subordinate staff (A) ought (B) aught to respect and obey the orders of its officer.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) A (A) chord (B) cord in a circle touches at two ends or at two points on the circumference of the circle. (ii) The accident proved (A) fatal (B) fatalist for the driver who died on the spot. (iii) The doctor tried to diagnose the (A) disease (B) decease of the patient but could not and referred him to the hospital. (iv) The deer were (A) gamboling (B) gambling in the jungle when they had to run to save themselves when they sensed the arrival of the hunters.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) At the university while studying languages, she developed an interest in (A) etymology (B) entomology. (ii) (A) Hordes (B) Hoards of cattle were seen roaming in the field and feeding on grass. (iii) (A) Practice (B) Practise makes a man prefect. (iv) An adjective usually (A) precedes (B) proceeds a noun.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The building branch of the Municipal Corporation (A) raised (B) razed many illegal constructions to the ground. (ii) If a (A) strait (B) straight line stands on another (A) strait (B) straight line, the sum of the angles so formed is equal to 180o degrees. (iii) An intelligent officer never loses his (A) temper (B) tamper with his subordinates over small matters. (iv) The principal of the college is an (A) honourary (B) honourable man.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) Summer (A) vocation (B) vacation is the period which is very much awaited by the school students. (ii) In India there is (A) union (B) unity in diversity. (iii) His grandson has taken up medical group in 10+1 because he wants to have a (A) carrier (B) career in the medical line. (iv) In the absence of the chief minister, the deputy chief minister is the (A) officiating (B) officious chief minister.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The police can (A) avoke (B) invoke the law of trespassing to regulate access to these places. (ii) Columbus (A) discovered (B) invented America. (iii) The head on collision of the two buses was a tragic (A) incident (B) accident. (iv) Please (A) empty (B) vacant this 5 lt. bottle into small bottles.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The college (A) breaks up (B) breaks open today. (ii) I am sorry I cannot (A) call up (B) call upon your name. (iii) This piece of tin would (A) do without (B) do for a lid. (iv) She can (A) draw on (B) draw up her brother in times of need.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) (A) Causal (B) Casual reading will not help him earn a good score. (ii) The policeman (A) defied (B) deified the orders of the inspector and so he was placed under suspension. (iii) (A) Farther (B) Further discussion on this topic should be stopped now to enable us to take a find decision. (iv) What a piece of work a (A) human (B) humane being is!
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) She is (A) jealous (B) zealous of her sister’s riches. (ii) The (A) knotty (B) naughty boys were taken to task by the physical education teacher. (iii) The delegation of the opposition parties called on the (A) precedent (B) president. (iv) The (A) route (B) rout to Dalhousie lies through Pathankot.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicized or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) She let out a row of (A) expletives (B) epithets when she dropped a book on her feet. (ii) In the monthly tests the schools want the students to being their own (A) stationary (B) stationery. (iii) The principal of our college Mrs. Shukla is a woman of (A) lovely (B) lovable nature. (iv) Your suggestions are quite healthy but all of them are not (A) practicable (B) practical.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The kite flier let the string of the kite (A) loose (B) lose in order to let it cut the string of the other kite. (ii) The (A) miner (B) minor mistakes of the young children should be suitably and affectionately dealt with by the parents. (iii) It is a (A) naughty (B) knotty problem and cannot be solved by these students. (iv) The waiter was asked to (A) pore (B) pour cold water into the glasses but instead he spilt it on the table.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The (A) roots (B) routes of a banayan tree spread widely here and there. (ii) The government wants to (A) sell (B) cell this public property through auction. (iii) Books are the (A) sole (B) soul companions of a literary person. (iv) My uncle asked me (A) weather (B) whether I would accompany him to the movie.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) At the annual (A) fete (B) fate, the principal sent letters of invitation to all the new and the old students. (ii) Mr. Shakti is not even on the (A) rolls (B) roles of the staff and as such he cannot claim any damages for his terminations. (iii) Please ask the washerman to iron my (A) clothes (B) cloth first because I am getting late for the college. (iv) An ascetic keeps high (A) principals (B) principles in his life to attain salvation.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The whole-saler got a (A) check (B) cheque from a trader who proved to be a cheat. (ii) All the teachers are required to complete the (A) course (B) coarse of each subject at least a fortnight before the examinations. (iii) The (A) draught (B) drought caused due to the failure of monsoons made the farmers file their claims with the government. (iv) Since we were back benchers, we could not (A) here (B) hear what the speaker was speaking.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The football was (A) thrown (B) throne hither on the ground by the footballers. (ii) All the efforts of the clerk went in (A) vein (B) vain to please his officer through sycophancy. (iii) Please (A) turn on (B) turn off the tap because we still need many buckets of water. (iv) The author (A) cited (B) sighted many concrete examples to establish his point of view.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The poor old man wanted to marry his daughter to an old rich man but his daughter was (A) loathe (B) loath to marry him. (ii) He is a great (A) liar (B) lawyer. Please do not trust him. (iii) The son having got a good job started (A) lightening (B) lightning the financial burden of his father. (iv) In these days of insecurity, do not (A) meddle (B) medal in the affairs of other people.
Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has pairs of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. Select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentences. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.
(i) The Rani of Jhansi (A) waved (B) waived her sword over the heads of her enemy soldiers. (ii) The (A) child like (B) childish habits of the clerk landed him in trouble and he was dismissed from service. (iii) After a long struggle India won (A) freedom (B) liberty on 15th August, 1947. (iv) The funeral (A) rites (B) writes of the second Prime Minister Sh. Lal Bahadur Shastri were performed at the Vijay Ghat.