Questões de Concurso sobre Falso Cognatos | False Cognates

 
 
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Consider a sentence below:


"According to some physicians, chelated silicon is a mineral supplement indicated for the skin and nails".


How many false cognates did you find in the sentence above?


A

1.


B

2.


C

4.


D

3.

“Eventually” (line 22) is an example of a false cognate and it could be correctly replaced by finally.


C

Certo


E

Errado

Consider a sentence below:


"The principal of our school is German. I figured it out because of his accent, didn't you?"


How many false cognates did you find in the sentence above?


A

3.


B

4.


C

1.


D

2.

Consider a sentence below:


"Actually, I intend to install an antenna on the balcony of my apartment".


How many false cognates did you find in the sentence above?


A

3.


B

4.


C

2.


D

5.

How many false cognates are there in the last paragraph?


A

14.


B

11.


C

13.


D

12.

Given that cognates are words from different languages that have the same meaning and descend from the same morpheme, choose the option that consists only of cognates between English and Portuguese taken from text 4A1-I.


A

student (first sentence of the first paragraph), actual (second sentence of the second paragraph) and cancellation (last sentence of the second paragraph)


B

federal (first sentence of the third paragraph), resume (fourth paragraph) and pause (fourth paragraph)


C

automatic (last sentence of the second paragraph), resume (fourth paragraph) and officially (last sentence of the last paragraph)


D

elections (second sentence of the last paragraph), economy (second sentence of the last paragraph) and officially (last sentence of the last paragraph)


E

applications (first sentence of the second paragraph), conservative (last sentence of the third paragraph) and announced (fourth paragraph)

Choose the alternativa in which the underlined word is not classified as a false cognate.


A

The school welcomes applications from foreign students.


B

We realized that lhe invention has revolutionized Science.


C

The new scientists should learn how to accept criticism.


D

Our group apologizes for making such a huge mistake.

Push is considered a false cognate word. All the words below are false cognates, except one:


A

vegetables; actual; atmosphere, injury.


B

eventually; data; cigar; jornal.


C

lamp; magazine; novel; policy.


D

costume; cigar; balcony; actual

PARENTS is considered a false cognate word. All the words below are false cognates, except one:



A

baton


B

similar


C

alms


D

collar

The word ‘discuss’ (l.16) is a false friend in English and Portuguese, as it means ‘debater’ and not ‘discutir’. Mark the word that is NOT a false friend.


A

Balcony.


B

Grip.


C

Pretend.


D

Occasion.


E

Push.

False cognates are pairs of words in two different languages that look the same, or sound the same but have different meanings. Take a look about some of them and identify the CORRECT one according to its translation:


A

Pretend = amassado


B

Dent = fingir


C

To grip = agarrar


D

Injury = acumular


E

Amass = ferida

As palavras em inglês “series”, “novels”, “chronological” e “revolution” são muito semelhantes, na escrita, com as respectivas palavras em português “série”, “novelas”, “cronológico (a)” e “revolução”. Uma delas, no entanto, é um falso cognato, pois seu significado não equivale ao da palavra de escrita similar em português.

Assinale a única alternativa que apresenta um falso cognato.


A

revolution


B

series


C

chronological


D

novels

É um falso cognato no texto:


A

sensible (1o parágrafo).


B

criteria (1o parágrafo).


C

demands (2o parágrafo).


D

particular (3o parágrafo).


E

consistent (4o parágrafo).

   
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