Task 3

Confusing Words

There are pairs of words that may cause confusion in usage. Use a dictionary to help you decide the correct word or expression to be used in each of the following sentences.

1.	She works for an --Select-- advertisement advertising agency.
2.	How will the increase in interest rates --Select-- affect effect your sales?
3.	My bank manager has agreed to --select-- borrow lend me another $2,000.
4.	We have had to --select-- cancel postpone the meeting until Monday.
5.	These machines are --select-- controlled inspected at least once a day.
6.	My plane was --select-- delayed postponed by an hour due to a computer failure.
7.	Before coming here, I studied --selected-- economics economy at university
8.	I am --select-- interested interesting in their new camera.
9.	She applied for a --selected-- job work as a personnel officer.
10.	Some employees have a long --select-- journey travel to work everyday.
11.	The cost of --select-- life living has gone up again.
12.	Please send precise --select-- measurements measures when ordering.
13.	We expect prices to --select-- raise rise by at least five per cent.
14.	We only exchange goods if you produce a --select-- receipt recipe .
15.	I must --select-- remember remind the boss about that meeting this afternoon.
16.	Can you --select-- say tell the difference between these two products?
17.	The company is extremely --select-- sensible sensitive to any criticism.
18.	There is more paper in the --select-- stationary stationery cupboard.