Confusing words worksheet-1

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Choose the correct options for the given clue:

1. a yellow and black flying insect which makes honey

A. be                             B. bee

2. a woman who is paid to work in someone’s house

A. made             B. maid

3. the part of the body above and slightly narrower than the hips

A. waste             B. waist

4. to no longer have something because you do not know where it is

A. lose                 B. loose

5. a small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun sleeps

A. cell                 B. sell

6. an animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal

A. pray               B. prey

7. a woman who is believed to have magical powers, especially to do evil things. 

A. which             B. witch

8. a unit of computer information, consisting of a group of bits

A. byte                B. bite

9. a picture or object that people pray to as part of their religion or a person or thing that is loved or admired very much.

A. idle                 B. idol

10. the part of a plant which grows under the ground. It absorbs minerals & water that it sends to the rest of the plant.

A. root                B. route

11. to look for a long time with the eyes wide open

A. stare               B. stair

12. a printed form, used instead of money, to make payments 

A. check             B. cheque

13. the material that trees are made of, or a small forest

A. wood              B. would

14. to charge someone an amount of money as a punishment 

A. fined              B. find

15. drops of water from clouds

A. reign              B. rain

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. B