In English there are several words having similar pronunciation or spelling. These words are usually confused.

Test your understanding of confusing words in English with this grammar exercise.

Complete the following sentences.

1. He raised ………………… objections against the proposal.

a) trifling

b) trivial

2. …………………… is pure carbon.

a) suite

b) soot

c) suit

3. The ship sailed through the …………………. of Gibraltar.

a) straight

b) strait

4. He narrated an interesting …………………..

a) tail

b) tale

5. Queen Victoria succeeded to the …………………… of England after her father’s death.

a) throne

b) thrown

6. They ……………………… decided to expel him.

a) unanimously

b) anonymously

7. His ………………….. in God turned him into an atheist.

a) unbelief

g) disbelief

8. What is his ……………….. in life?

a) vacation

b) vocation

9. …………………. carry the blood to the heart.

a) vains

b) veins

c) vanes

10. This pond ……………….. with fish.

a) teams

b) teems

Answers

1. He raised trivial objections against the proposal.

2. Soot is pure carbon.

3. The ship sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar.

4. He narrated an interesting tale.

5. Queen Victoria succeeded to the thrown of England after her father’s death.

6. They unanimously decided to expel him.

7. His disbelief in God turned him into an atheist.

8. What is his vocation in life?

9. Veins carry the blood to the heart.

10. This pond teems with fish.