41. Confusing words TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

41. Confusing words

Underline the correct word in each of the following sentences.

1	Was it Alexander Bell who (invented/discovered) the telephone?
2	The injured man was (laying /lying) on the road close to the crashed cars.
3	Amsterdam is a city full of (channels/ canals).
4	Would you (check/ control) these figures, Mr Brown, just to make sure they’re correct.
5	The (nature/ countryside) around this town is very flat and uninteresting.
6	Could I have a (recipe/ receipt) for the things I’ve bought.
7	Oh, Jan, could you (remember/ remind) me to phone the doctor this afternoon.
8	I wonder if you’d mind (bringing/ fetching) John from next door? He’s wanted on the phone.
9	What (more/ else) did you do in Spain, apart from swimming and sunbathing?
10	Have you made (an appointment/ a meeting) to see the bank manager yet?
11	I’ll have to change this jacket. I bought it to go with my blue trousers, but it doesn’t (suit/ match) them after all.
12	I’ve got no money at all. I’m completely (broken/ broke).
13	He really works hard. He’s so (industrious/ industrial).
14	Why don’t you (take/ bring) your girlfriend next time? We’d love to meet her.
15	She’s very (superstitious/ supernatural). She never walks under ladders and she doesn’t dare go out of the house on Friday 13th.

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