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'Documents - MX - False Cognate and True Cognate Exercises

This document contains 3 groups of sentences testing cognates between English and Spanish. The first group contains sentences with true cognates that must be identified. The second group contains sentences with words that must be matched to their meanings. The third group again contains sentences but this time the correct word must be chosen from options provided.

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'Documents - MX - False Cognate and True Cognate Exercises

This document contains 3 groups of sentences testing cognates between English and Spanish. The first group contains sentences with true cognates that must be identified. The second group contains sentences with words that must be matched to their meanings. The third group again contains sentences but this time the correct word must be chosen from options provided.

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Choose the correct word cognate to each sentence:

1. Did you know that Chrissie got ________________ (embarrassed/pregnant) on


holiday in Ibiza?

2. The ________________ (signature/subject) I hate most is maths.

3. Begonia is a very ________________ (kind /sympathetic) person.

4. Keep ________________ (removing/stirring) the soup the whole time.

5. I couldn't agree more. That's a very ________________ (sensible/sensitive)


idea.

6. The film The Quiet American was a box-office ________________ (exit/success).

7. How many ________________ (idioms/languages) can you speak?

8. ________________ (Actually/Nowadays) I'm living with my parents again.

9. The poor live in the ________________ (slums/suburbs).

10. The police came to my ________________ (assistance/attendance).

Identify the True Cognates in each sentence; there are more than one
in some sentences:

1. The doctor told me that she is ok.


______________________________________________
2. This is an important hospital
__________________________________________________
3. The Imperial Hotel is good.
___________________________________________________
4. The travel was perfect.
______________________________________________________
5. My mother is very
popular.___________________________________________________
6. Music is the best invention of the
world._________________________________________
7. Jupiter is the biggest planet of the
Universe.______________________________________
8. Miss Universe is so beautiful.
_________________________________________________
9. I dont like Chinese restaurants.
_______________________________________________
10.Venezuela is a great nation.
___________________________________________________

II Grupo:

1. I've got ________________ (a cold/constipation). Pass me a tissue, please.


2. I was only living with my parents ________________
(eventually/temporarily).
3. The governments have ________________ (inverted/invested) a lot of
money in the new scheme.
4. Do not ________________ (invert/invest) this package.
5. The Englishman wearing navy blue socks with sandals is a bit of a
________________ (stereotype/topic) in Spain.
6. He never stops moving some part of his body. He finds it impossible to
________________ (keep quiet/keep still).
7. We didn't enjoy the wedding ________________ (absolutely/at all).
8. English is very ________________ (important/interesting) for my job.
9. All my immediate family live in England but I have a lot of
________________ (parents/relatives) in Canada.
10. My ________________ (journey/working day) is from 8 am to 5 pm but it
only take me twenty minutes to get to the office.

Practice: Match the column A with the Column B to find the meaning
of the words:

A B

Carpet Metal pot used for


cooking
Exit
A floor covering
Pan
The opposite of Entry
Soup
A liquid food.
III GRUPO:

1. The Red Cross are ________________ (controlling/monitoring) the situation


in the north very closely.
2. The rebels are ________________ (controlling/monitoring) the entire north
of the country.
3. ________________ (Eventually/Temporarily), we decided to go on holiday
rather than buy a home cinema kit.
4. I've got ________________ (a cold/constipation). Pass me a tissue, please.
5. I was only living with my parents ________________
(eventually/temporarily).
6. The governments have ________________ (inverted/invested) a lot of
money in the new scheme.
7. Did you know that Chrissie got ________________ (embarrassed/pregnant)
on holiday in Ibiza?
8. The ________________ (signature/subject) I hate most is maths.
9. Begonia is a very ________________ (kind /sympathetic) person.
10.Keep ________________ (removing/stirring) the soup the whole time.

Choose the correct word of the list to each picture:


List of Words:

Tel

Fabric

Exit

Entry

Alfomb

Carpet

Apened

Embarrased

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