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Complete the following sentences:A - personal / personnel 1 - She translated the book from Japanese under the____________________ supervision of the author.. 2 - They are planning to go

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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A - Similar words / different meanings

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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