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Confusing Words & Homonyms — English Questions & Practice

Practise 10 Confusing Words & Homonyms questions from English for competitive exams such as UPSC, Banking, SSC and Railway. Read the worked questions below, check every answer with an explanation, and track what you get wrong.

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Practice questions on Confusing Words & Homonyms — with answers

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1. Select the correct option to complete the sentence accurately: "The heavy rain will severely _____ the harvesting of wheat crops."

  1. Aaffect
  2. Beffect
  3. Ceffected
  4. Dinfect
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Answer: A

'Affect' is a verb meaning to influence or act upon. 'Effect' is usually a noun meaning result.

2. Select the correct option to complete the sentence accurately: "The principal gave the students some sound _____ regarding their career choices."

  1. Aadvice
  2. Badvise
  3. Cadvising
  4. Dadvises
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Answer: A

'Advice' is an uncountable noun (guidance). 'Advise' is the verb form.

3. Select the correct option to complete the sentence accurately: "She paid a lovely _____ to her colleague on her brilliant presentation."

  1. Acompliment
  2. Bcomplement
  3. Csupplement
  4. Delement
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Answer: A

'Compliment' means an expression of praise. 'Complement' means something that completes or enhances.

4. Select the correct option to complete the sentence accurately: "The teacher's explanation helped to _____ a strong response from the students."

  1. Aelicit
  2. Billicit
  3. Cexplicit
  4. Dimplicit
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Answer: A

'Elicit' (verb) means to evoke or draw out. 'Illicit' (adjective) means illegal.

5. Select the correct option to complete the sentence accurately: "All the students passed the final examination _____ Rahul who was ill."

  1. Aexcept
  2. Baccept
  3. Cexpect
  4. Daspect
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Answer: A

'Except' means excluding or apart from. 'Accept' means to receive willingly.

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