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FALSE COGNATES
False cognates are words whose written form or pronunciation is similar in English and Spanish, but whose meaning can be different in some context.

I. Look up in your dictionarythe meaning of the following words.
False cognate | Meaning |
Exit |   |
Figures |   |
Actually |   |
Success |   |
Apply |   |
attend |   |
Realize |   |
Economical |   |Succeed |   |
Invest |   |

II. Fill in the blanks with some of the previous false cognates or false friends.
1. Do you ____________________ the English course regularly
2. Will you______________ him if he has a problem in the school?
3. Will you ______________ for the job in Exito?
4. The medicine program is a complete _____________. The results are excellent.
5. She is a very niceperson ________________.
6. I would like to have an ____________car to go to work.
7. Do you ______________ how much money you are investing in this company?

III.CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD
Next door tomy house there is a factory a.factoria b. fabrica
We were so sorry you couldn't attend our reunion. A. atender b. asistir c. partcicipar
Are you selling your current home? A. corrienteb. actual c.currente
Are you pregnant/embarrased?. A, embarazada b. avergonzada

IV.Questions:

1) My friends call me Eos .It is my __________________.
[ ]nickname
[ ]surname

2) Myfavourite __________________ are cinema,crosswords,swimming.
[ ]entertainements
[ ]distractions

3) I also like __________________ very much.
[ ]lecture
[ ]reading

4) I am reading a book aboutChinese Painting __________________.
[ ]now
[ ]actually

5) I found this book in a small __________________ of the Latin Quarter.
[ ]library
[ ]bookshop

6) Every two weeks,I go and attend a__________________ on Art History at the university for seniors.
[ ]lecture
[ ]conference

7) Oh !My God ! This man __________________ he is Einstein ;he is mad.
[ ]pretends
[ ]claims

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