14414 similar words

A - Similar words / different meanings
1. Complete the following sentences:
A

- personal / personnel

1 - She translated the book from Japanese under the____________________
supervision of the author.
2- Ms Thomson is now the head of the _______________in the clothes
department.
B - alternate

/ alternative

1 - Julie and her boyfriend David live in distant towns. They only meet
at________________ weekends.
2 - They are planning to go to the beach next week. If it rains, they already have
an ____________plan.

C - inquire / acquire
1 - Whenever I get lost I always ______________the way to the railway station.
2 – I tried to ___________a valuable painting by Picasso.
D - desert / dessert
1 - Dave had a nice lunch at his grandmother's. For ____________there was
strawberry ice cream which he enjoyed very much.
2 - Jane was so exhausted that she would like to spend a couple of days on a
______________island with her favourite things.
E - complementary / complimentary
1 - Mr Philips has bought a French home-study course. He noticed that the
course included a textbook and .______________ cassettes.
2 - After reading her essay the teacher made some ____________comments

about it.
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Key:
A – 1. Personal 2. Personnel
B – 1. Alternate 2. Alternative
C- 1. Inquire 2. Acquire
D- 1. Desert 2. Dessert
E – 1. Complementary 2. complimentary

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