Questões de Concurso sobre Falso Cognatos | False Cognates

Cognatos são palavras de diferentes idiomas que possuem semelhança na escrita e no significado, enquanto falsos cognatos são parecidos na escrita, mas divergem no significado, como 'parents' (pais) em inglês e 'parentes' (relatives) em português.

Situação hipotética: Um estudante brasileiro, ao conversar com um falante nativo de inglês, diz: 'I will actually travel to the beach tomorrow'. Ele pretende comunicar que 'atualmente' está planejando a viagem. Assertiva: O uso do falso cognato 'actually' está incorreto nesse contexto, pois seu significado equivale a 'na verdade' ou 'de fato', e não a 'atualmente' (currently).

No texto, a palavra que atua como falso cognato no contexto específico em que se encontra está destacada na seguinte alternativa:

Read the excerpt below and classify the highlighted words according to their status as true or false cognates for Portuguese speakers.

“It was commenced, partly as a source of amusement, and partly as an expedient for exercising any untried resources of mind. Other motives were mingled with these, as the work proceeded. I am by no means indifferent to the manner in which whatever moral tendencies exist in the sentiments or characters it contains shall affect the reader; yet my chief concern in this respect has been limited to the avoiding of the enervating effects of the novels of the present day, and to the exhibition of the amiableness of domestic affection, and the excellence of universal virtue.”

Which word is a false cognate?

A teacher is presenting examples of false cognates (false friends) to her students, highlighting words that look similar in English and Portuguese but differ in meaning. Which of the following words is a false cognate, according to this explanation?

Considering the cognate words present in Text 2, select the only option that correctly lists five words in English that are very similar in spelling and meaning to their Brazilian Portuguese counterparts:

Identifique o significado correto do falso cognato (false friend) destacado na frase:

"I didn't realize you were waiting for me."

Regarding the use of vocabulary and the phenomenon of "false friends" in the relationship between English and Portuguese, mark T for True or F for False:

(__)The word "actual" in English is a false cognate that means "na verdade" or "real", and it should not be translated as "atual" in Portuguese.

(__)The English term "novel" refers to a long fictional narrative in prose (romance), while the Portuguese word "novela" is typically translated as "soap opera" or "short novel".

(__)"Comprehensive" is a cognate word that shares exactly the same meaning with "compreensivo" in Portuguese, usually describing someone who is empathetic.

(__)Lexical precision in academic English requires the use of phrasal verbs instead of Latinate single-word equivalents to increase the level of formality and abstraction.

Now, choose the CORRECT alternative with the sequence from top to bottom:

Algumas palavras da língua inglesa apresentam semelhança gráfica com o português, mas sentidos distintos. Assinale a alternativa que exemplifica um falso cognato.

André, an English teacher in Piauí, wants to show his students how to recognize English-Portuguese cognates in order to find clues about what text 10A1-II states.

Considering this hypothetical situation, choose the option that presents a word that, extracted from the text, is a correct example of an English-Portuguese cognate.

O uso estratégico de cognatos é uma ferramenta pedagógica válida para acelerar a compreensão de leitura em níveis iniciais de aprendizagem de inglês. Contudo, essa estratégia deve ser ensinada em conjunto com a conscientização sobre a existência de falsos cognatos (false friends) para evitar erros de interpretação.

To support reading in Portuguese-speaking contexts, a teacher explores cognates and false cognates with students. Analyze the statements.

I. A clear cognate pair guarantees identical meaning, so context checking becomes a minor step in reading.

II. Recognizing cognates can speed up global understanding, especially when combined with context and genre cues that confirm the intended sense.

III. False cognates can be handled by attending to collocations and typical patterns that differ between English and Portuguese in how words combine.

IV. A strategic move in reading is to treat a suspected cognate as a hypothesis and verify it against modifiers, examples or contrast cues nearby.

V. Early reading tasks should avoid cognates because learners tend to treat most cognates as false friends over time.

The CORRECT statements are:

False friends (false cognates) are a common source of lexical errors for Portuguese speakers. Analyze the sentences below and identifying the correct use or meaning of the highlighted words:

I.The university alumni were invited to the fundraising gala. (Referring to former students/graduates).

II.She is a very ingenious person, always trusting everyone too easily. (Referring to naive/innocent).

III.The doctor prescribed a laxative because the patient was constipated. (Referring to the inability to pass stools).

Is it correct what is stated in:

Choose the alternative in which the underlined word is not a false cognate in English.

Os 'False Cognates' (falsos amigos) são palavras de grafia semelhante em inglês e português, mas com significados distintos. Um exemplo clássico é a palavra 'exquisite', que em inglês significa 'refinado' ou 'belo', e não 'esquisito' no sentido de estranho.

Mark “T” (true) for the words that present the same “gh” sound as in “toughness” and “F” (false) for those who don’t. Then, mark the correct sequence.

( ) Ghost.

( ) Enough.

( ) Cough.

( ) Ghetto.

In any language teaching, materials play a pivotal role in shaping the instruction. Concerning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) materials, according to Widodo (2016), mark T for True statements and F for False ones.

( ) Authenticity in ESP materials involves various factors, such as real-life users or participants, communicative and social purposes, settings, and social practices.

( ) For ESP students with low proficiency, authentic materials can be adapted based on the language and content they aim to learn. Learners can engage with shorter texts, easier vocabulary, and simpler sentence structures.

( ) To design ESP materials, teachers should include texts from different and varied vocational domains, so that students will become familiar with how to understand and produce texts in as many professional areas as possible.

The correct sequence of True and False statements, from top to botton, is

Casos de cognatos e falsos cognatos são comumente encontrados entre português e inglês. No contexto do primeiro parágrafo do texto, assinale a alternativa que apresenta um falso cognato.

In the context of the last paragraph, the word which is a false cognate is