Fill in the Blank: Commonly Confused Words #2

After dinner, do you eat desert or dessert? Learn to differentiate between commonly confused words in this middle-grade worksheet! For each sentence, students are presented with a pair of commonly confused words. By using context clues, readers will determine which word is the correct one to use. At the end of the practice, students are challenged to write a sentence using one of the words they did not choose. There are 10 pairs of commonly confused words in all—can you get each one correct?

Words with similar sounds or similar spellings can be hard to differentiate. This worksheet is a great way to practice identifying and spelling these tricky words. Having a stronger vocabulary can help learners become better readers and writers.

Check out the next worksheet in this series, Fill in the Blank: Commonly Confused Words #3.